English words: Anthe to anthropogenize
300 English words, part 86 of 158 of the words starting with A, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.
English words Anthe to anthropogenize
- Anthe proper noun: A moon of Saturn.
- Anthea proper noun /ˈænθiːə/: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- antheacherid noun: Any of the copepods in the family Antheacheridae.
- Anthean adjective /ænˈθiːən/: Of or relating to Anthe in Greek mythology.
- antheap noun: anthill
- anthecological adjective: Relating to anthecology
- anthecologist noun: One who studies anthecology.
- anthecology noun /ˌænθəˈkɑləd͡ʒi/: The study of the relationships between flowers and pollinators
- anthela noun: A cymose corymb with the lateral flowers higher than the central ones.
- anthelid noun: Any of the moths in the family Anthelidae.
- anthelion noun: A faint, white halo rarely seen in the sky opposite the sun on the parhelic circle
- anthelix noun: Alternative spelling of antihelix.
- anthelmint noun: Alternative form of anthelmintic.
- anthelminthic adjective, noun: Alternative form of anthelmintic.
- anthelmintic adjective, noun /ænθɛlˈmɪntɪk/: Destructive to parasitic worms.
- anthelmintically adverb: In an anthelmintic manner
- anthelone noun: Synonym of urogastrone.
- anthem noun, verb /ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm]: Antiphon.
- anthemic adjective, noun /ænˈθɛm.ɪk/: Suggestive of an anthem; rousing.
- anthemically adverb: In an anthemic way.
- anthemion noun: An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.
- anthemiphylliid noun: Any stony coral of the family Anthemiphylliidae
- anthemis noun: camomile, in genus Anthemis.
- anthemless adjective: Without an anthem.
- anthemlike adjective: Resembling an anthem.
- anthemoid adjective: That has basal columellae.
- anthemol noun: A monoterpene alcohol, [4-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexa-1,3-dien-1-yl]methanol, found in the oil of camomile as esters of tiglic and angelic acids
- anthemwise adverb: Alternately.
- anther noun /ˈæn.θə/: The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
- antheral adjective /ˈænθəɹəl/: Relating to an anther.
- antheraxanthin noun: A yellow carotenoid pigment found in some protozoa
- anthered adjective /ˈænθəd/: Having (a specified type of) anthers
- anthericaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Anthericaceae, now often tribe Antericeae in family Asparagaceae.
- anthericum noun /ænˈθɛɹɪkəm/: Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
- antheridial adjective: Of, pertaining to, or produced in, the antheridium
- antheridic adjective: Synonym of antheridial.
- antheridiogen noun: A chemical (any one of a class of chemicals) secreted by fern gametophytes which promote the production of male gametangia.
- antheridiophore noun: A gametophore that bears antheridia (typically in a moss or liverwort)
- antheridium noun: An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
- antheriferous adjective /ænθəˈɹɪfəɹəs/: Producing anthers, as plants.
- antheriform adjective: Shaped like an anther.
- antherine noun: A light fabric made from wool and silk.
- antherless adjective: Without anthers.
- antherocyst noun: Synonym of antheridium
- antherode noun: The anther of a staminode
- antheroid adjective: Resembling an anther.
- antherozoid noun: One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
- antherozooid noun: Alternative form of antherozoid.
- antherozoon noun: Synonym of antherozoid.
- Anthes proper noun: A surname from German.
- anthesis noun /ænˈθisɪs/: The event of a flower opening.
- anthetic adjective: Relating to anthesis.
- anthia noun: Any fish of the subfamily Anthiinae in the family Serranidae of basses, basslets, and groupers.
- anthicid noun: Any of the beetles in the family Anthicidae.
- anthicine adjective, noun /ˈæn.θɪ.sin/: Relating to beetles of the subfamily Anthicinae.
- anthill noun /ˈænt.hɪl/: A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.
- anthimeria noun /ænθɪˈmɪəɹiə/: The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another, in English typically the use of a noun as if it were a verb.
- anthiolimine noun: An anthelminthic drug.
- anthippasia noun: A traditional cavalry display in Ancient Athens; in particular, a series of contests occurring later in the democratic period as a contest between tribal...
- antho- prefix: Forms words relating to flowers
- anthocarp noun: Lower part of a perianth containing the fruit, the upper part having dropped away, well seen in plants of the family Nyctaginaceae.
- anthocarpous adjective: Having some portion of the perianths attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
- anthocaulus noun: A polyp that develops asexually on the skeletons of some coral species.
- anthocerotaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Anthocerotaceae.
- anthocerotalean adjective: Of or relating to the Anthocerotales.
- anthocerotophyte noun: Any hornwort of the division Anthocerotophyta
- anthochlor noun: Any of a group of yellow plant pigments that have a chalcone or aurone structure
- anthochlorin noun: The yellow colouring of flowers; xanthein.
- anthocodial adjective: Relating to the anthocodia.
- anthocodium noun: The upper part of the polyp in some corals.
- anthocorid noun: Any member of the insect family Anthocoridae, the minute pirate bugs, pirate bugs, or flower bugs.
- anthocorm noun: Any of several pluriaxial reproductive zones postulated to have been the ancient ancestors of flowers
- anthocyan noun: anthocyanin
- anthocyanescence noun: The formation of red pigments (such as anthocyanin) as a symptom of disease
- anthocyanic adjective: Relating to or composed of anthocyanins.
- anthocyanidin noun: An aglycone of an anthocyanin.
- anthocyanin noun /ˌæn.θoʊˈsaɪ.ə.nɪn/: Any of many water-soluble red to violet plant pigments related to the flavonoids (more noticeable in autumn after its chlorophyll decomposes).
- anthocyanine noun: Alternative form of anthocyanin.
- anthocyaninless adjective: Without anthocyanin.
- anthocyanoside noun: Any of a class of molecules consisting of an anthocyanidin backbone with specific sugars attached.
- anthocyanosis noun: A purple discolouration of flowers (due to a virus)
- anthocyanotic adjective: Relating to, or affected by, anthocyanosis.
- anthodite noun: A speleothem (cave formation) composed of long needle-like crystals situated in clusters which radiate outward from a common base.
- anthodium noun: calathidium.
- anthoecium noun: A fertile lemma or palea of a grass
- anthoecology noun: The ecology of flowers.
- anthogenesis noun: The production of both males and females by parthenogenesis.
- anthography noun: The branch of botany that deals with the description of flowers.
- anthoid adjective, noun: Resembling a flower.
- anthoinite noun: A white mineral that is a hydrated aluminium tungstate.
- anthokyan noun: anthocyanin
- antholatry noun: worship of flowers
- anthole noun /ˈænt.hoʊ̯l/: A hole in which ants live.
- antholeucin noun: A substance isolated from flowers and thought to act as a white pigment.
- antholite noun: A fossil plant resembling a petrified flower.
- anthologer noun: An anthologist.
- anthological adjective: Of or pertaining to anthology; consisting of extracts from different authors.
- anthologically adverb: In the manner of an anthology.
- anthologise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthologize.
- anthologiser noun: Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologist noun /ænˈθɒl.ə.dʒɪst/: a person who anthologizes
- anthologizable adjective: Suitable for inclusion in an anthology.
- anthologization noun: compilation as (part of) an anthology
- anthologize verb /ænˈθɒl.ə.dʒaɪz/: To gather a collection of written works for publication.
- anthology noun /ænˈθɒlədʒi/: A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
- antholysis noun: The retrograde metamorphosis of a flower.
- anthomania noun: An extravagant passion for flowers.
- anthomaniac noun: Someone who has anthomania.
- anthomedusan noun: Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
- anthomyiid noun: Any member of the fly family Anthomyiidae.
- anthomyzid noun: Any fly in the family Anthomyzidae.
- Anthon proper noun: A surname.
- Anthony proper noun /ˈænθəni/: A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
- Anthony over noun: Alternative form of ante over.
- anthonyite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.
- anthood noun: The state or essence of being an ant.
- anthophagous adjective: That feeds on flowers
- anthophagy noun: feeding on flowers
- anthophile noun: An organism that visits flowers.
- anthophilia noun: The love of flowers.
- anthophilic adjective: Thriving in the presence of flowers.
- anthophilous adjective: Living or growing on flowers
- anthophily noun: The condition of being anthophilous
- anthophobia noun: Fear of flowers.
- anthophore noun: The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.
- anthophorid noun: Any bee in the family Anthophoridae, now considered part of the family Apidae.
- anthophorinid noun: Any bee of the tribe Anthophorini
- anthophorous adjective: Having or relating to an anthophore.
- anthophyllite noun: A dark brown amphibole mineral; a mixed silicate of iron and magnesium.
- anthophyte noun: Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
- anthoptosis noun: The falling of flowers.
- anthora noun: Aconitum anthora, a European species of monkshood with yellow flowers.
- anthorism noun: A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the opposing party.
- anthosphere noun: A phyllosphere of flowers
- anthostele noun: The rigid lower part of a polyp.
- anthotaxis noun: Synonym of anthotaxy.
- anthotaxy noun: The arrangement of flowers such as a cluster, inflorescence, or solitary flower; the relative position of flowers on a plant.
- anthothecol noun: The anticancer drug 17-(furan-3-yl)-6-hydroxy-4,4,8-trimethyl-3,7-dioxo-14,15-epoxyandrosta-1,5-dien-11-yl acetate
- anthotype noun: An image created using photosensitive material taken from plants.
- anthotyros noun: A Greek cheese made from goat or ewe milk.
- -anthous suffix: Having flowers with a specific behavior or appearance.
- anthoxanthin noun: Any of a group of water-soluble flavonoid pigments found in plants.
- anthoxanthine noun: Alternative form of anthoxanthin.
- anthozoan noun /anθə(ʊ)ˈzəʊən/: A marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral.
- anthozoic adjective: Of or pertaining to the anthozoans (any member of Anthozoa, the corals, sea pens and sea anemones).
- anthozoon noun: A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.
- anthozymase noun: A supposed enzyme found in the petals of flowers.
- anthra- prefix: Derivatives of anthracene.
- anthrac- prefix: Alternative form of anthraco- (before a vowel)
- anthracaemia noun: Alternative form of anthracemia.
- anthracene noun: A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides...
- anthracenecarboxylate noun: Any of the three isomeric carboxylate anions derived from an anthracenecarboxylic acid; and salt or ester containing this group
- anthracenedione noun: Synonym of anthraquinone.
- anthracenyl noun: A radical derived from anthracene
- anthrachelin noun: A bacterial anthrax siderophore
- anthracic adjective: Of or relating to anthrax.
- anthraciferous adjective: Yielding anthracite.
- anthracin noun: Alternative form of anthracene.
- anthracite noun /ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/: A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
- anthracitic adjective: Pertaining to, or composed of, anthracite.
- anthracitism noun: The formation of anthracite.
- anthracitization noun: Conversion into anthracite.
- anthracitous adjective: Synonym of anthracitic.
- anthracnose noun: Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.
- anthracnosis noun: An inflammatory infection of the ear and auditory canal, especially in cats and dogs.
- anthraco- prefix: Alternative form of anthra- (for derivatives of anthracene).
- anthracobunid noun: Any of the extinct mammals in the family Anthracobunidae.
- anthracoceratid noun: Any of the extinct ammonids in the family Anthracoceratidae.
- anthracocidal adjective: Destroying anthrax bacteria.
- anthracocide noun: A substance or agent that destroys anthrax bacteria.
- anthracofibrosis noun: anthracotic fibrosis
- anthracoid adjective: Resembling anthrax.
- anthracological adjective: Relating to anthracology.
- anthracologist noun: One who studies anthracology.
- anthracology noun: The science of the analysis and identification of charcoal based on wood anatomy, which remains perfectly preserved after carbonization
- anthracomancy noun: Divination by studying burning coals
- anthracomartid noun: Any of the extinct arachnids in the family Anthracomartidae.
- anthracometer noun: An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture, usually in air
- anthraconite noun: A coal-black variety of calcite or dolomite, usually emitting a foetid smell when rubbed.
- anthraconitic adjective: Relating to anthraconite.
- anthracoptilid noun: Any member of the extinct insect family Anthracoptilidae.
- anthracosaur noun: A member of the extinct genus †Anthracosaurus of embolomeres.
- anthracosaurian noun: Synonym of anthracosaur.
- anthracosaurid noun: Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.
- anthracosilicosis noun: Advanced pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of coal dust.
- anthracosilicotic adjective: Relating to anthracosilicosis.
- anthracosis noun: A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
- anthracothere noun: Any of several artiodactyl ungulates, of the extinct family †Anthracotheriidae, related to the hippopotamus.
- anthracotheriid noun: Any mammal of the extinct family †Anthracotheriidae.
- anthracotic adjective: Relating to anthracosis.
- anthracoxene noun: A mixture of anthracoxenite and schlanite.
- anthracoxenite noun: The part of anthracoxene that is insoluble in ether.
- anthracyclin noun: Alternative form of anthracycline.
- anthracycline noun /ˌæn.θɹəˈsaɪ.klin/: any of a class of antibiotic, chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer
- anthracyclinic adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of anthracyclines
- anthracyline noun: Alternative form of anthracycline.
- anthrafuran noun: Any of a group of heterocycles composed of a furan ring fused to an anthracene
- anthragallol noun: 1,2,3-trihydroxyanthraquinone
- anthraglycoside noun: Any of a group of glycosides of anthraquinones
- anthralin noun: Dithranol.
- anthramycin noun: Any of a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics, having a benzodiazepine structure, isolated from Streptomyces bacteria, that have antitumour activity
- anthranilamide noun: The amide of anthranilic acid
- anthranilate noun: Any salt or ester of anthranilic acid
- anthranilic adjective: Of or pertaining to anthranilic acid or its derivatives
- anthranilic acid noun: The aromatic amino acid 2-aminobenzoic acid that has biological activity, and is used in organic synthesis.
- anthraniloyl noun: The acyl radical of anthranilic acid
- anthranoid noun: Any of several anthrones, anthraquinones and dianthrones, of natural origin, that are laxatives
- anthranol noun: Any of a class of anthraquinone derivatives, commonly found in aloes.
- anthranone noun: Alternative form of anthrone.
- anthranoyl noun: A univalent radical formally derived from anthranilic acid by removal of the hydroxyl group
- anthranoyllycoctonine noun: A diterpene alkaloid found in the Delphinium genus.
- anthrapurpurin noun: 1,2,7-trihydroxyanthraquinone, a purple dye used in histology for the detection of calcium
- anthrapyrazole noun: Any of a class of compounds that have a pyrazole ring formed adjacent to two of the rings of an anthracene; many of them are cytotoxic, or have anticancer...
- anthrapyrazolone noun: Synonym of pyrazoloanthrone.
- anthraquic adjective: Modified by man-made moisture management such as irrigation or terracing.
- anthraquinone noun /ˌænθɹəkwɪˈnoʊn/: A tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene.
- anthraquinonic adjective: Relating to, or derived from an anthraquinone
- anthraquinonoid noun: Any compound that is structurally related to an anthraquinone, typically having a C=N- group replacing one of the C=O groups
- anthrarufin noun: 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
- anthratectone noun: An anthraquinone dimer present in the leaves of teak (Tectona grandis)
- anthrax noun /ˈæn.θɹæks/: An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- anthraxanthin noun: Alternative form of antheraxanthin.
- anthraxiferous adjective: Alternative form of anthraciferous.
- anthraxlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of anthrax.
- anthraxolite noun: A carbonaceous substance resembling anthracite.
- anthrept noun: A kind of inceptisol modified by human habitation and farming.
- anthribid noun: Any in the family Anthribidae of weevils.
- anthric adjective: Showing the influence of human cultivation.
- anthro adjective, noun /ˈænθɹoʊ/: Anthropology.
- anthrobot noun /ˈænθɹəbɒt/: A machine designed to resemble a human being; an android.
- anthrobotics noun: robotics related to humanlike robots
- anthrohistory noun: A branch or method of history which incorporates anthropology.
- anthrolysin noun: A toxic cytolysin present in the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
- anthrome noun: An anthropogenic biome.
- anthromorphic adjective: Alternative form of anthropomorphic.
- anthrone noun: A tricyclic aromatic ketone, used in a popular cellulose assay and in the colorimetric determination of carbohydrates; any derivative of this compound
- anthrop adjective, noun, prefix: Alternative form of anthropo-, used before vowels.
- anthroparchy noun: A social system of attitudes, practices, and institutions through which the natural world and non-human animals are dominated to the benefit of humans.
- anthroparian noun: A human or a creature having human characteristics or traits.
- anthropause noun: A global reduction in modern human activity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
- -anthrope suffix: One who transforms into (usually an animal).
- anthropectomy noun: The mistaken denial or tendency to deny human-like characteristics in a non-human animal on the basis that those characteristics are unique to humans.
- anthropedoturbation noun: Any pedoturbation due to human activity.
- anthropeia noun: Syncopic form of anthropopeia.
- anthrophilia noun: The property of thriving in the presence of humans.
- anthrophilic adjective: Thriving in the presence of humans.
- anthrophobe noun: A person who actively avoids or fears human beings
- anthrophobia noun: Alternative spelling of anthropophobia.
- anthrophonic adjective: Relating to anthrophony.
- anthrophony noun: Any sound produced by human beings or their creations.
- anthropic adjective /ænˈθɹɒp.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
- anthropic coincidence noun: A coincidence in the known physical constants, without which life as we know it would not be possible.
- anthropic principle noun: Any of several similar explanations for the nature of the universe, and for the values of its fundamental constants, that states either that the universe is...
- anthropical adjective: Alternative form of anthropic.
- anthropically adverb: In an anthropic manner
- anthropics noun: Reasoning using the anthropic principle or related considerations about the presence of an observer constraining the nature of the reality that can be observed.
- anthropisation noun: Alternative spelling of anthropization.
- anthropise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropize.
- anthropism noun: The belief that human beings have a spiritual nature beyond the physical body characterized by in-dwelling Divinity.
- anthropization noun: The transformation or adaptation of the environment to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity.
- anthropize verb: To transform or adapt the environment either to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity.
- anthropo- prefix /ˈænθɹəpə-/: Forming words related to men or people.
- anthropobiological adjective: bioanthropological
- anthropobiologist noun: bioanthropologist
- anthropobiology noun: bioanthropology
- anthropobiome noun: An anthropogenic biome (human-generated vegetation type)
- Anthropocene proper noun /ˈæn.θɹə.pəˌsiːn/: A proposed but rejected geological epoch, in which the effect of human activities on the global environment has disrupted the natural variability of the...
- anthropocenic adjective: Relating to the Anthropocene.
- anthropocentric adjective /ˌænθ.rə.pəˈsɛn.trɪk/: Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations.
- anthropocentrically adverb: In an anthropocentric manner.
- anthropocentricism noun: Alternative form of anthropocentrism.
- anthropocentricity noun: The quality of being anthropocentric.
- anthropocentrism noun /ˌæn.θɹə.poʊˈsɛn.tɹɪz.m/: A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of everything, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.
- anthropocentrist adjective, noun: A person who accepts the ideas of anthropocentrism
- anthropochore noun: A species that depends on anthropochory as a routine means of reproductive dispersal.
- anthropochoric adjective: Alternative form of anthropochorous.
- anthropochorous adjective /ænθɹɒpəˈkɔːɹəs/: that have populations transported as aliens to geographical areas by the direct or indirect, typically inadvertent, action of humans.
- anthropochory noun: The (typically inadvertent) dispersal of seeds, spores, or other reproductive botanical material, or of reproductively capable animals, by humans as a...
- anthropocide noun: The death or murder of all humankind.
- anthropoclast noun: Rock deriving from human-made materials, such as metal slag or plastic. Rock composed of anthropoclastite, made from anthropoclastic minerals.
- anthropoclastic adjective: Pertaining to anthropoclasts and anthropoclastites. Pertaining to rock and minerals formed from human-made materials, such as metal slag and plastics.
- anthropoclastite noun: A class of mineral created from human-made materials, such as metal slag or plastic. The mineral class that makes up anthrpoclasts, anthropoclastic rock.
- anthropoclimatology noun: The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
- anthropocosmic adjective: Relating to humankind and the cosmos.
- anthropodenial noun: The denial of human-like traits in non-human animals.
- anthropodermic adjective: Of a book: bound in human skin.
- anthropodicy noun /ˌænθɹəʊˈpɒdɪsi/: An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people.
- anthropoeia noun: Syncopic form of anthropopeia.
- anthropogenealogical adjective: anthropocenic and genealogical
- anthropogenesis noun: The origin of man (humans); its study.
- anthropogenetic adjective: Relating to anthropogenetics.
- anthropogenetically adverb: In an anthropogenetic manner.
- anthropogenetics noun: The study of the origins and development of human beings and of human genetics.
- anthropogenic adjective /ˌæn θrə pəˈdʒɛn ɪk/: Pertaining to the origin of man (anthropogeny).
- anthropogenically adverb: In an anthropogenic way.
- anthropogenicity noun: The quality of being anthropogenic.
- anthropogenise verb: Alternative form of anthropogenize.
- anthropogenist noun: One who studies anthropogeny.
- anthropogenization noun: The process, or the result of anthropogenizing
- anthropogenize verb: To become anthropogenic
Part 85 · Part 87 · English words: A
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.