Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Anglesey An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait. The county was merged into Gwynedd in 1974. anglesite A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO₄, formed by the weathering of galena. anglesmith A blacksmith who forges and shapes members such as angle irons. Angleton A surname. angletouch Earthworm. angletwitch An angleworm; earthworm. Angleur A suburban area of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. anglewing Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini. anglewise With respect to an angle; angularly. angleworm An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish. Anglezarke A civil parish (without a council) in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England. Anglia A geographic region of England, more properly called East Anglia. Anglian Of or pertaining to the Angles (Germanic people). Anglic Pertaining to the family of languages descended from Old English, including English, Scots, and the extinct Yola and Fingallian languages. Anglical Anglican. Anglican Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion. Anglicanism The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church. Anglicanization conversion to Anglicanism (religious denomination) Anglicanize To anglicize. Anglicanly In an Anglican manner; befitting an Anglican. Anglicanness The state or condition of being Anglican. Anglice In the English language; in plain English. anglicisation The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture. anglicise To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style. anglicised Made into a form similar to those commonly used by English speakers. anglicism An Englishism: a word or other feature originating in the English language that has been borrowed by another language. Anglicist Expert on English studies. Anglicity The quality of being English. anglicization American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicisation. anglicize American and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise. anglicized American and Oxford British spelling of anglicised. anglicizer A supporter of anglicisation. Anglification Anglicisation. Anglify To convert to English (language or culture); to anglicise. anglimaniac A keen angler; a devotee of the sport of fishing. Anglin A surname. angling A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport. Anglish Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English. Anglist Synonym of Anglicist. Anglistic Of or relating to the English language. anglistics Synonym of English studies. anglo An English person or person of English ancestry. anglocentric Focused on England or the people and culture of England. Anglocentrically In an Anglocentric manner; focused on England or the English. anglocentricism the condition of being anglocentric Anglocentricity The quality of being Anglocentric. anglocentrism The practice of viewing the world from an English or Anglo-American perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of English or Anglo-American culture. Anglodom The realm, sphere, or influence of English or Anglo-American language or culture. Anglofan A science fiction fan from the United Kingdom. anglohelvetium Proposed name for the chemical element astatine. angloid An English person or person of English ancestry. Angloman Anglomaniac; lover of England or the English Anglomane Synonym of Anglomaniac. Anglomania Exaggerated enthusiasm for anything English. Anglomaniac One affected with Anglomania; one who loves England or English people or things. Anglomanic having Anglomania. Anglon A historical fortress, large historical village, or small historical town in Tsaghkotn district, Ayrarat province, Armenia. Angloness The quality of being Anglo. Anglonym An English-language name, especially for a geographical place, region, city, river, etc. anglophile A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England. anglophilia The love of the country, culture or people of England. Anglophiliac Anglophilic anglophilic Exhibiting Anglophilia; fond of what is English. Anglophilism Synonym of Anglophilia (“a love of England or the English”). anglophobe A person who dislikes or fears England, its people or anything English. anglophobia The hatred or fear of England and anything English (or British). Anglophobiac Synonym of Anglophobe. Anglophobic Having an aversion to England or the English. Anglophobist Anglophobe anglophone English-speaking. Anglophonic English-speaking Anglophony The usage of English as a language. Angloromani A mixed language spoken in Britain, having an English-based grammar and Romani-based lexicon. anglosphere The totality of Anglophone countries, the geographical or cultural realm of native English-speakers. Anglospherian An inhabitant of the Anglosphere. Anglospheric Of or pertaining to the Anglosphere. angloversal A nonstandard linguistic feature that is recurrent in different English varieties. Anglx A white, English-speaking Brit, American, Canadian, New Zealander, or Australian, particularly of ethnic British descent. Angmering A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0604). Angol A Chilean city. Angola Synonym of angora (“type of cat”). Angolagate A 2008 controversy around arms sales by France to Angola between 1993 and 2000. Angolan Of, from, or pertaining to Angola or the Angolan people. Angolanness The quality, characteristic or state of being Angolan. angolar A former currency of Angola between 1926 and 1958, divided into 100 centavos. Angolization the act or process of making Angolan. Angom One of the seven clans of the Meitei people Angomjambam A Meitei surname from Manipuri angon A type of javelin with a barbed tip, used by the Franks and the various Germanic tribes in the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages. Angono A municipality of Rizal, Philippines. angonoka Astrochelys yniphora, a tortoise endemic to Madagascar having a highly domed light-brown carapace with prominent growth rings on each scute. angophora Any of various myrtaceous plants of the genus Angophora. angor Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression. angora A Turkish Angora cat. angoricity A measure of the stress in a system of granular materials near to jamming. angostura Angostura bitters Angotti A surname from Italian. Angoumois A geographic region, former county, and former province of France, with Angoulême as its capital; nearly corresponding to the modern-day Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Angourie A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. Angove A surname from Cornish. angpao Synonym of red envelope. Angram A small village in Long Marston parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE5248). Angrapa A river in Poland and Russia. Angren A city in Uzbekistan. angrez An English person. Angrezabad Former name of English Bazar Municipality (“a municipality of West Bengal, India”). Angria A region of Germany, located in what is now Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Angrian Of or relating to Kanhoji Angre (1669–1729), chief of the Maratha Navy in 18th-century India, who fought against British, Dutch and Portuguese naval interests. angries The Angry Young Men. angrify To make angry, to anger. angrily In an angry manner; under the influence of anger. angriness The state of being angry; anger. angrite An achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite angritic Of, pertaining to, or containing angrite Angromainyus Ahriman angroside A derivative of harpagoside angry Displaying or feeling anger. angryable Capable of anger; irascible. angryish Somewhat angry. angryphone An English-speaking resident of Quebec who demonstrates systematic anger or aggression towards the French language or against the actions of Quebecois nationalists, or who is a peevish complainer. angsana A tree of species Pterocarpus indicus, the source of a desirable tropical hardwood, of southeast Asia. angst Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish. Angstadt A surname. angster An old Swiss coin. angstfic A fanfic which deals with tragic situations and themes. angstful Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive angstiness The quality of being angsty; angst. angstless Without angst; worry-free. angstrom A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms. angsty Fraught with angst. angu A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil. angucycline Any of a large class of antibiotics whose structure is based on an unsymmetric tetracyclic ring system angucyclinone Any of a group of benzanthraquinones that have antibiotic potential Angue A surname from French. Anguiano A surname. anguibactin A siderophore, (2E)-N-hydroxy-2-(5-hydroxy-6-oxocyclohexa-2,4-dien-1-ylidene)-N-[2-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)ethyl]-1,3-thiazolidine-4-carboxamide, present in marine vibrios anguid Any member of the family Anguidae. anguidine Synonym of diacetoxyscirpenol. anguiform Shaped like a snake. Anguilla An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea. Anguillan A person from Anguilla or of Anguillan descent. anguillid Any member of the family Anguillidae of eels. anguilliform Any eel of the order Anguilliformes. Anguillita An island of Anguilla. anguilloid eellike anguillulosis Synonym of strongyloidiasis. anguimorph Any lizard of the infraorder Anguimorpha. anguimorphid Any anguid of the suborder Anguimorpha. anguine Pertaining to snakes or serpents anguinea A cubic curve of the form xy² + ey = ax³ + bx² + cx + d