anatmanThe 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 doctrine of anatta.
AnatoliA transliteration of the Russian male given name Анато́лий (Anatólij).
AnatoliaA 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 Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.
anatoliadelphyidAny extinct metatherian mammal of the family †Anatoliadelphyidae
AnatolianOf or pertaining to Anatolia or its people, culture, etc.
AnatolianismAdvocacy for a sense of Anatolian cultural unity as a nation.
AnatolianistSomeone who advocates for a sense of Anatolian cultural unity as a nation.
AnatoliannessThe state or quality of being Anatolian.
anautogenyThe 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 particularly important in insects that are considered vectors (e.g. mosquitos), as without the necessary feeding, no eggs will be produced.
AnaxagorasAn ancient Greek philosopher (c. 500 BCE – 428 BCE) from Clazomenae, who is famous for introducing the cosmological concept of nous (mind), as an ordering force.
AnaxagoreanOf or relating to Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek natural philosopher noted for the cosmological concept of Nous (mind), as an ordering force.
AnaximanderA pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes.
AnaximanderianOf or relating to Anaximander, an Ancient Greek philosopher.
AnaximeneanOf or relating to the Ancient Greek philosopher Anaximenes.
AnaximenesAn 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.
anaxironeA particular epoxide compound and immunosuppressant.
AncenisA town, part of Ancenis-Saint-Géréon, Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, France.
ancepsA syllable that can be either short or long.
ancestimA recombinant methionyl human stem cell factor.
ancestorOne 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.
anchiornithidAny extinct birdlike creature of the family †Anchiornithidae
anchisaurAny member of the Anchisauria, a clade of sauropodomorph dinosaurs that lived from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous in North America, Africa, and South America.
anchisauridAny dinosaur in the family Anchisauridae.
AnchisesA mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.
anchistioididAny shrimp of the family Anchistioididae.
anchithereAny member of the genus †Anchitherium of extinct horses.
anchitheriineAny member of the †Anchitheriinae, an extinct subfamily of equids.
anchizoneA transitional zone between diagenesis and metamorphosis
anchoA broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
AncholmeA river in Lincolnshire, England, which discharges into the River Humber. Much of the river, the New River Ancholme, is straightened, while the Old River Ancholme meanders alongside and across it.
anchomomyinAny extinct primate of the genus Anchomomys