English words: ansa to antefact

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English words ansa to antefact

ansa adjective, noun /ˈæn.sə/: The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.
ansa cervicalis noun /ˈæn.sə ˌsɝ.vəˈkeɪ.lɪs/: A nerve loop from the upper cervical nerves that accompanies the hypoglossal nerve and innervates the infrahyoid muscles.
ansa compound noun: Any cyclophane in which the para positions of a benzene ring are connected by a bridge of at least 10 atoms.
ansafone noun: Alternative form of answerphone.
Ansah proper noun: A surname.
ansalactam noun: Any of a group of ansamycin macrolides present in marine some bacteria
ansamitocin noun: Any of a group of maytansinoid antibiotics
ansamitocinoside noun: Any glycoside of ansamitocin
ansamycin noun: Any of a family of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and antiviral effects.
Ansan proper noun: A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
ansaphone noun: Alternative form of answerphone.
Ansar noun: A group of tribespeople, living in Madinah, who gave aid and protection to the prophet Mohammad and his followers, the Muhajirun.
Ansari proper noun: A surname.
ansate adjective: That has a handle or a part that resembles a handle.
ansate cross noun: Synonym of ankh.
ansated adjective: Synonym of ansate.
Ansatsuken noun: A fictional martial arts style or fighting technique that has been developed with the purpose of killing an opponent.
ansatz noun /ˈænsæts/: Alternative letter-case form of ansatz.
ansatze noun: Alternative spelling of ansatze.
Ansbacher proper noun: A surname from German.
anschauung noun /ˈɑːn.ʃaʊ.ʊŋ/: Sense-perception.
Anschluss noun /ˈan.ʃlʊs/: Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938.
Anschutz proper noun: A surname.
Anscombe proper noun: A surname.
Anse proper noun: Clipping of Ansel.
Ansel proper noun: A surname.
Ansell proper noun: A surname.
Anselm proper noun /ˈanˌsɛlm/: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Anselmian adjective: Of or relating to Saint Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109), philosopher and theologian, or his ontological argument for the existence of God.
Anselmic adjective: Anselmian.
Anselmo proper noun: A surname.
anseranatid noun: Any waterbird of the family Anseranatidae
anserated adjective: Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.
ansericide noun: The killing of a goose.
anseriform adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
-anserin suffix: Forms the names of serotonin receptor antagonists.
anserine adjective, noun /ˈansəɹʌɪn/: Silly, foolish, stupid.
ansermetite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic carmine red mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium.
anserous adjective: resembling a goose
Ansh proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Anshan proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
Anshu proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Anshul proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Anshuman proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Anshun proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
ANSI art noun: A form of letter art that used the extended ASCII character set from the IBM Model 5150 Personal Computer's (IBM PC) Disk Operating System (DOS), and...
ansible noun /ˈæn.sɪ.bəl/: A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
ansiform adjective: Having the form of a loop
Ansley proper noun: A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2991).
Anson proper noun /ˈæn.sən/: An English surname transferred from the given name meaning "son of Agnes".
Ansonia proper noun: A community in the municipality of Huron Shores, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
ansonica noun: A white grape variety used in various parts of Italy
ansotomy noun: The division of a loop, especially of one that forms a constriction.
ansoxetine noun: An antidepressant drug, never marketed.
Anspach proper noun: A surname from German.
anspessade noun: A French gendarme serving in the military, between the 16th and 17th centuries.
Anstead proper noun: A surname.
Anstey proper noun: A small village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4032).
Anstruther proper noun /ˈeɪstə(ɹ)/: A small coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland, divided into Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester (OS grid ref NO5603).
Ansty proper noun: A village in Hilton parish, Dorset, England, which includes Ansty Cross, Higher Ansty, Lower Ansty and Little Ansty or Pleck (OS grid ref ST7602).
ansulate adjective: Coiled at the apex and then bent over in a loop, like the shoots in some Cucurbitaceae.
ansuvimab noun: A monoclonal antibody medication for the treatment of Zaire ebolavirus infection.
ansuz noun: The symbol ᚨ, the a-rune of the Elder Futhark.
answer noun, verb /ˈɑːn.sə/: A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
answer back verb: To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back.
answer engine noun: A computer system similar to a search engine but designed to give answers to questions asked by the user.
answer engine optimization noun: A form of search engine optimization based on producing content that is likely to be picked up by answer engines and used in their output.
answer for verb: To be held responsible for; to take the blame for something.
answer key noun: An assorted list of solutions to problems or exercises in a test, textbook, etc.
answer on a postcard noun: A brief answer or opinion.
answer phone noun: Alternative form of answerphone.
answer print noun: The first graded print of an edited film combining sound and picture, which is created for the client to view and approve; his answer decides when the rest...
answer set programming noun: A declarative, logic-based programming paradigm designed for solving complex combinatorial search and optimization problems.
answer sheet noun: A sheet of paper supplemental to an assessment onto which the answers to the questions must be written.
answer someone's prayers verb: To be or do exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
answer song noun: A song whose lyrics serve as a response or sequel to the lyrics of another song.
answer the call verb: To voluntarily perform a task or set of tasks with which one is confronted, especially when motivated by a sense of responsibility or duty.
answer the call of nature verb: To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.
answer the helm verb: To respond to a movement of the helm by changing direction; only happens if the ship has steerageway.
answer to verb: To be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.
answer to someone's prayers noun: Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
answer up verb: To come forth with a prompt answer.
answerability noun: The state of being answerable.
answerable adjective /ˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/: Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
answerableness noun: The state or quality of being answerable.
answerably adverb: In suitable proportion; proportionately.
answerback noun: A response to a message, originally in radio but now through other media.
answered adjective, verb /ˈɑːn.səd/: Having an answer
answerer noun /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɚ/: A person who, or thing that, answers or responds.
answerin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of answering.
answering noun, verb /ˈɑːn.sə.ɹɪŋ/: The act of giving an answer.
answering machine noun: A device that automatically records voicemails from unanswered telephone calls.
answering pennant noun: A pennant with vertical red and white stripes, acknowledging receipt of the previous signal.
answering service noun: A service that collects and responds to telephone calls for its clients.
answeringly adverb: In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
answerless adjective: Having or producing no answer.
answerlessly adverb: Without an answer; without answering.
answerlessness noun: Absence of an answer.
answerphone noun /ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/: Synonym of answering machine, especially one built into a telephone.
answers on a postcard noun, phrase: Emphasising that the speaker has no idea of the answer to a question, especially an outlandish question (but with no expectation that answers will literally...
ant adjective, noun, prefix, suffix, verb /ænt/: Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
ant bear noun: aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
ant-bed noun: Termite mounds, crushed and watered, used as flooring material.
ant beetle noun: A species of beetle that resembles a large ant, Thanasimus formicarius.
ant-blue noun: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Acrodipsas.
ant cattle noun: ant cows
ant colony noun: A community of ants that live and work together as one organized social group, including a queen, workers, and developing young.
ant cow noun: Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.
ant cricket noun: Any of various small insects of the family Myrmecophilidae that live commensally with ants.
ant-eater noun: Alternative form of anteater.
ant egg noun: A small white egg-shaped pupa or cocoon of an ant.
ant'em noun: A type of traditional Bahamian folk song derived from old slave music and Christian hymns.
ant farm noun: A glass-sided dirt-filled box containing ants, normally used as a biological study tool.
ant-heap noun: An ant-hill.
ant hill noun /ˈænthɪl/: A mound-shaped nest built or inhabited by ants or termites.
ant lion noun: Alternative form of antlion.
ant mill noun: A phenomenon where a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a...
ant mimicry noun: myrmecomorphy (the mimicry of ants by other animals)
ant mound noun: anthill
ant nest beetle noun: A paussine.
ant orchid noun: An orchid (Chiloglottis formicifera), originally from New Zealand.
ant plant noun: Any myrmecophilous plant.
ant rattan noun: Any species of rattan frequently inhabited by ants, especially Korthalsia rostrata (syn. Korthalsia scaphigera).
ant rice noun: Grass of species Aristida oligantha.
ant's pants noun: Something that is regarded as outstanding.
ant sand noun: An ant-killing powder in granulated form.
ant spider noun: Any spider of the family Zodariidae, known for hunting ants and termites.
ant tanager noun: Any birds of the genera Habia or Driophlox.
ant thrush noun: Alternative form of antthrush.
ant tree noun: A tree species that is myrmecophytic; a tree inhabited by ants.
ant tribe noun: A group of low-income college graduates in China who live in crowded, poor conditions in big cities while trying to find professional careers.
anta noun /ˈæn.tə/: A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.
antabuse noun: Disulfiram, prescribed to recovering alcoholics.
antacid adjective, noun /ænˈtæsɪd/: An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach.
antacidity noun: The property of being antacid.
antacrid adjective, noun: Serving to correct acridness of the humours.
Antaean adjective: Relating to Antaeus, a half-giant slain by Hercules in Greek mythology.
Antaeus proper noun /ænˈtiː.əs/: The son of Poseidon and Gaea.
antafenite noun: An anthelminthic drug.
antafumicin noun: Any of a group of antifungal agents, based on (3S,5S)-5-(3-acetyl-2,6-dihydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxyoxolan-2-one, present in the mold Aspergillus niger or its...
antag noun: Clipping of antagonist.
antagomir noun: Any of a class of chemically engineered oligonucleotides used to silence endogenous microRNA.
antagonisable adjective: Alternative form of antagonizable.
antagonisation noun: Alternative form of antagonization.
antagonise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.
antagonised adjective, verb: Alternative form of antagonized.
antagoniser noun: Alternative form of antagonizer.
antagonism noun /ænˈtæɡənɪzəm/: A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
antagonist noun /ænˈtæɡənɪst/: An opponent or enemy.
antagonistic adjective /ænˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk/: Contending or acting against.
antagonistical adjective: Alternative form of antagonistic.
antagonistically adverb: In an antagonistic manner.
antagonizable adjective: Capable of being antagonized.
antagonization noun: A process or action of antagonizing.
antagonize verb /ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz/: To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
antagonized adjective, verb: Having been acted on by antagonistic forces.
antagonizer noun: One who, or that which, antagonizes.
antagonizing adjective, verb: Tending to antagonize.
antagony noun: antagonism (opposition, contest)
antagonym noun: A contronym.
antaircraft adjective: Rare spelling of antiaircraft.
Antakya proper noun: A city and district in southeastern Turkey, Hatay Province, the ancient Antioch.
antalarmin noun: The heterocyclic compound N-butyl-N-ethyl-2,5,6-trimethyl-7-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)pyrrolo[3,2-e]pyrimidin-4-amine that is a corticotropin-releasing hormone
antalgesia noun /ˌæntəlˈd͡ʒiːziə/: Alternative form of analgesia.
antalgesic adjective, noun /ˌæntəlˈd͡ʒiːzɪk/: Alternative form of analgesic.
antalgic adjective, noun: alleviating pain
antalkali noun: Any substance that counteracts the action of an alkali.
antalkaline adjective: Alternative form of antialkaline.
Antalya proper noun /anˈtal.jə/: A province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast.
Antalya minnow noun: Pseudophoxinus antalyae, a species of minnow.
antamanide noun: A cyclic decapeptide present in the fungus Amanita phalloides.
antambulacral adjective: Away from the ambulacral region.
antanaclasis noun: The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.
antanaclastic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to antanaclasis.
antanagoge noun /ænˌtænəˈɡəʊd͡ʒi/: Answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge.
Antananarivo proper noun /ˌæntəˌnænəˈɹiːvəʊ/: The capital and largest city of Madagascar.
Antanandro noun: A tribe of Madagascar.
antapex noun: The point opposite the solar apex
antaphrodisiac adjective, noun /æntæfɹəˈdɪzɪˌæk/: Capable of reducing the sex drive.
antaphroditic adjective: antaphrodisiac or antisyphilitic
antapical adjective: Relating to the antapex.
antapology noun: A response to an apology.
antapoplectic adjective, noun: Alternative form of antiapoplectic.
Antara proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit.
antarafacial adjective: Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to opposite faces of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment
antarafacially adverb: In an antarafacial way.
antarakalpa noun: A subdivision of a kalpa (aeon), or an intermediate period between two major kalpas.
antarchism noun: anarchism
Antarctalian adjective: Of or relating to the Antarctalia.
antarctic adjective /ænˈtɑːktɪk/: Alternative spelling of Antarctic.
Antarctic 10 noun: A person in Antarctica who is very desirable as a potential romantic or sexual partner, but only by the standards of Antarctica with its small population.
Antarctic beech noun: A species of beech tree, Nothofagus moorei, endemic to South America.
Antarctic cod noun: Synonym of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni).
Antarctic hair grass noun: Deschampsia antarctica, a flowering plant native to Antarctica.
Antarctic minke whale noun: A species of minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found mainly in the southern hemisphere.
Antarctic pearlwort noun: Colobanthus quitensis, a flowering plant found in the Antarctic, with yellow flowers and a cushion-like growth habit that gives it a mossy appearance.
Antarctic petrel noun: A species of petrel, Thalassoica antarctica, which breeds in Antarctica.
Antarctic stare noun: A mild fugue state that is symptomatic of polar T3 syndrome.
Antarctic toothfish noun: Dissostichus mawsoni, a large, black or brown fish found in very cold (subzero) waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.
Antarctic wolf noun: Synonym of Falkland Islands wolf.
Antarctica proper noun /ˌænˈtɑːktɪkə/: The southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole.
Antarctical adjective: Alternative form of Antarctic.
antarctically adverb: In an Antarctic manner or direction.
Antarctican adjective, noun: Antarctic; of or pertaining to Antarctica.
Antarctician adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Antarctica.
antarcticite noun: A trigonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
antarcticoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
antarctictite noun: An evaporite consisting of calcium chloride, CaCl.6H₂O, found in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
antarcturid noun: Any isopod of the family Antarcturidae
Antarean adjective, noun: Of or relating to Antares.
Antares proper noun /ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/: Alpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish.
Antarian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Antarean.
antarthritic adjective, noun: An agent that prevents or alleviates arthritis.
antasthmatic adjective, noun: Relieving the symptoms of asthma.
antazoline noun: A first-generation antihistamine drug used to relieve nasal congestion and in eye drops, usually in combination with naphazoline, to relieve the symptoms of...
antbear noun: Alternative spelling of ant bear.
antbed noun: Alternative spelling of ant-bed.
antbed parrot noun: Any parrot of the genus Psephotus (or Psephotellus) that dig nestholes in termite mounds.
antbed parrot moth noun: A moth of species Trisyntopa scatophaga (family Oecophoridae), which lays its eggs inside nestholes of antbed parrots.
antbird noun: Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
antdom noun: The realm or world of ants; ants collectively.
ante noun, prefix, preposition, verb /ˈænti/: Synonym of before, earlier in time, particularly used in historical dating.
ante bellum adverb: Alternative form of antebellum.
ante-cabinet noun: A large saloon placed before the chamber in which the council of a prince or state hold private consultations.
ante-camera noun: An antechamber, specifically one where visitors wait before being given audience with an influential person such as a pope or monarch.
ante chamber noun: Alternative spelling of antechamber.
ante-historic adjective: Synonym of prehistoric.
ante in verb: to ante up
ante litteram prepositional phrase: Before the term existed; before the term was coined.
ante meridiem adverb: Before noon, in the morning.
ante-mortem adjective: Alternative form of antemortem.
ante-Mosaic adjective: Alternative form of antemosaic.
ante-Nicene adjective: Of or relating to those early Christians who lived before the council of Nicea in 325 AD.
ante over noun: A North American children's game of throwing a ball (or other small object) over a building (or other barrier) for the opposing team to catch. If they catch...
ante-port noun: Alternative form of anteport.
ante-post adjective: Alternative form of antepost.
ante-room noun: Alternative form of anteroom.
ante up verb /ˈæntiː ʌp/: To contribute one's share of a payment; to provide funds; to pay what is due.
ante-upping noun: An increase; a racheting up.
anteact noun: A preceding act (deed or action).
anteal adjective: Located before, or in front.
anteally adverb: At the front; on the foremost portion.
anteapical adjective: Located in front of an apex.
anteater noun /ˈæntˌiːtə/: Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their...
anteater chat noun: A bird of species Myrmecocichla aethiops, found in Africa.
anteating adjective: Feeding on ants.
antebaptismal adjective: Before baptism.
antebellum adjective /ˌæn.tiˈbɛl.əm/: Of the time period prior to a war.
antebrachial adjective: relating to the forearm
antebrachiocarpal adjective: anterior to the brachial plexus and carpal tunnel
antebrachium noun: The forearm
antecedaneous adjective /ˌæntɪsɪˈdeɪniəs/: Antecedent; coming earlier in time.
antecedaneously adverb: In an antecedaneous way: precedingly.
antecede verb: To go before; to precede.
antecedence noun /ænˈtɛsɪdəns/: The relationship of preceding something in time or order.
antecedency noun: Antecedence (various senses).
antecedent adjective, noun /ˌæntɪˈsiːdənt/: Earlier, either in time or in order.
antecedent phrase noun: the first phrase in a period
antecedental adjective: Of or relating to antecedents.
antecedently adverb: At an earlier time.
antecession noun: Synonym of antecedence
antecessor noun: A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
antechamber noun /ˈæn.tiˌt͡ʃeɪm.bə/: A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
antechambered adjective: Having one or more antechambers.
antechapel noun: The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
antechinus noun: Any member of the genus Antechinus of small carnivorous Australian marsupials that resemble shrews.
antechoir noun: The part of a church in front of the choir, often reserved for the clergy and choristers.
antechurch noun: The west front portion of certain churches.
antecians noun: Alternative form of antoeci.
anteciliary adjective: Situated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.
anteclassical adjective /æntɪˈklæsɪk(ə)l/: Pertaining to something from before the classical era.
anteclassically adverb: In an anteclassical manner
anteclise noun: A large uplifted structure on a continental platform.
anteclypeus noun: The lower part of a divided clypeus, between the postclypeus and the labrum
antecolic adjective: Anterior to the colon.
antecommunion noun: The part of the Anglican communion liturgy that precedes the consecration of the elements. Included may be the preparation of the blood and body of Christ,...
anteconsonantal adjective: Placed before a consonant
anteconsonantic adjective: Synonym of anteconsonantal.
antecosta noun: An internal ridge, near the anterior margin of a dorsal or ventral plate of the primitive segment of an arthropod, to which muscles are attached
antecostal adjective: Relating to an antecosta
antecritical adjective: prior to criticism
antecrochet noun: A fold of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceros.
antecryst noun: A crystal formed from an earlier phase of the magmatic system, different from later forming crystals.
antecubital adjective: Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior or inner part of the elbow (cubitus)
antecursor noun: A forerunner; a precursor.
antedatable adjective: Capable of being antedated.
antedate noun, verb /ˈæntiˌdeɪt/: To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
antedater noun: One who antedates something.
antedating noun, verb: The action of marking with an earlier date.
antedation noun: antedating
antedependence noun: The dependence of a measure on some previous observations
antedependent adjective: Having an antedependence
antediluvial adjective /ˌantɪdɪˈluːvɪəl/: Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
antediluvially adverb: In an antediluvial manner.
antediluvian adjective, noun /ˌæn.tɪ.dɪˈluː.vɪ.ən/: Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or...
antediluvianism noun: Extremely outdated attitudes.
antediluvianly adverb: In an antediluvian manner.
antedonid noun: Any of the crinoids in the family Antedonidae.
antedrug noun: A drug that is designed to act upon a desired site within the body, and then rapidly become inactive upon entering the systemic circulation.
antefact noun: Something done before another act.

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.