Word origins

• anthra-Derivatives of anthracene.
• anthracomancyDivination by studying burning coals
• anthracothereAny of several artiodactyl ungulates, of the extinct family †Anthracotheriidae, related to the hippopotamus.
• -anthropeOne who transforms into (usually an animal).
• anthropo-Forming words related to men or people.
• anthropodicyAn attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people.
• anthropomancydivination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
• anthroponosisAny disease that is spread from humans to animals.
• anthroponymyThe study of personal names.
• anthropopeiaScientific enquiry aimed at the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology.
• anthropophobiaA profound fear of human beings, or of human society.
• -anthropyhumanity; mankind
• anthypophoraA device in which the author poses an opposing argument, then immediately refutes it.
• anti-Against, opposed to.
• antibromicHaving the power to eliminate offensive smells.
• antichthonA hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of the Sun.
• AntichthonesThose peoples who inhabit the antipodes, regions on opposite sides of the Earth.
• anticlasticcurved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
• AnticleaA queen of Ithaca, the wife of King Laërtes.
• antigropelosWaterproof leggings.
• AntikamniaA proprietary analgesic based on acetanilide.
• AntilegomenaCertain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical.
• AntilochusA prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War.
• antilogousOf the contrary name or character; opposite.
• antilogueof or pertaining to the magnetic pole that becomes negative as its temperature increases and positive as its temperature decreases
• antimetaboleThe technique of repeating a phrase while reversing the order of certain elements or its grammatical structure, as a form of juxtaposition.
• antiminsA rectangular piece of linen or silk, usually decorated with religious emblems and inscriptions, and containing a small relic of a martyr.
• antiopelmousOf birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
• antipathousSynonym of antipathic.
• AntipaxosAn island of the Ionian Sea, Greece, south of Paxos.
• antiptosisSubstitution of one grammatical case for another.
• antirrhesisA discrediting or rejection of an authority.
• antiscionThe mirror image, or shadow, of a planet, based upon a line of reference which is the axis of 0 Cancer/0 Capricorn (the position of the sun at the solstices).
• antisigmaAn unattested Claudian letter, possibly resembling Ↄ or ↃC.
• antistasisThe repetition of a word in an opposing sense.
• antistrophonA counterargument as a retort
• antitypousresistant to blows; hard
• antlophobiaThe fear of floods or inundation.
• antodeA particular ode sung in response to another.
• anypothetonAn idea which is discovered to be true in itself, or which supports itself; that which is absolutely or necessarily true; as opposed to a hypothesis requiring further support. The result or conclusion of a philosophical argument or investigation according to Plato's "hypothetical method."
• AnytusA male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
• AoedeOne of the three original Boeotian muses, the muse of voice and song.
• aoidosAn Ancient Greek bard.
• AoniaAn ancient region of Greece: possibly Boeotia, or possibly the part of Boeotia containing the mountains Helicon and Cithaeron, and thus sacred to the Muses, whom Ovid calls the Aonides.
• apagogeAn indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
• ApameneSynonym of Apamean.
• apanthropinisationThe broadening of the ambit of one’s preoccupations and concerns away from a narrow focus on those things most palpably human and most closely pertinent to humanity.
• apantomancyDivination by chance meetings with any objects that present themselves, most commonly animals; for example, the superstition associated with a black cat crossing one's path.
• aparithmesisThe enumeration of parts or particulars.
• apastronThe point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
• apatheiaA state of mind in Stoic philosophy in which one is free from emotional disturbance; the freedom from all passions.
• ApaturiaAncient Greek festivals held annually by most of the Ionian towns, with banqueting, discussions, etc.
• apeiro-infinite
• apeirotheismThe belief in the existence of an infinite number of gods.
• apellaThe popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states.
• apellaiAn initiation family-festival which was dedicated to Apollo
• aphaereticOf the nature of apheresis.
• aphagiaThe condition of difficulty in swallowing.
• aphanisisThe disappearance of sexual desire, supposed to be the foundation of all neuroses.
• aphantasiaA condition where one does not possess a functioning "mind's eye" and cannot visualize imagery.
• aphenphosmphobiaA morbid fear of being touched.
• aphesisThe loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
• apheticOf, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
• aphoristicOf, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
• aphroditoidThe analogue of the geoid for the planet Venus; the Venusian geoid. The gravitational and rotational equipotential surface for Venus. The surface that provides the datum line (the equivalent for sea level) for Venus.
• AphroditusA male Aphrodite, from Cyprus, represented as a herm with a phallus, who in later mythology became known as Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite.
• aphroniaThe lack of practical judgment.
• aphthaCandidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida).
• AphthartodocetaeA sixth-century non-Chalcedonian sect who believed that Christ's body was always incorruptible and only perished by Christ's conscious willing decision.
• AphthartodocetismThe doctrines of the Aphthartodocetae. A Christological doctrine that taught that Christ's body was naturally incorruptible and not subject to physical suffering, associated with the 6th-century Monophysite theologian Julian of Halicarnassus.
• AphthartodocetistA follower or proponent of Aphthartodocetism, the Christological doctrine that taught Christ's body was naturally incorruptible and not subject to physical suffering, associated with Julian of Halicarnassus
• aphthitaliteAn evaporite consisting of mixed potassium and sodium sulphates; also found in the fumaroles of volcanos.
• aphthongA letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced; a silent letter or polygraph
• apneusticOf or relating to apneusis.
• apocarteresissuicide by starvation
• apocopationA word formed by removing the end of a longer word.
• apocopicOf or pertaining to apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable.
• apocrisisrescript; technical response
• apocryphonSynonym of apocrypha.
• apodeicticAffording proof; demonstrative.
• apodeipnonFinal part of the divine office in the Eastern Church.
• apodemicA kind of methodical guidebook for travelers, offering practical advice and instructions on what to see.
• apodictAn apodictic proposition; a non-mathematical axiom.
• apodioxisEmphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition.
• apodixisFull demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof.
• apodyopsisThe act of gazing at a person and imagining them naked; a mental undressing.
• apodyteriumThe apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
• apographA copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).
• apohermIn an orbit around the planet Mercury, the point that is most distant from Mercury.
• apohyalOf or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
• apo koinouA blend of two asyndetically connected clauses through a lexical word that has two syntactical functions, one in each of the blended clauses.
• apolausticDedicated to enjoyment.
• ApollinApollo, the son of Zeus.
• apologianApologist; one who makes an apologia.
• apolysisThe separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups.
• apolytikionA troparion chanted at Orthodox Christian worship services, summarizing the feast being celebrated that day.
• apomnemonysisThe quotation of an approved authority from memory: ad verecundiam.
• aponiaThe absence of pain considered as a state of spiritual serenity
• apopempticPertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.
• apophanticInvolving a declaration, statement, or proposition.