Index of English words, starting with "an"

(1) - Ancestral (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

(1) - Ancestress (n.) A female ancestor.

(1) - Ancestry (n.) A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
(2) - Ancestry (n.) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

(1) - Anchor (n.) An anchoret.
(2) - Anchor (v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.
(3) - Anchor (v. i.) To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
(4) - Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
(5) - Anchor (v. t.) To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
(6) - Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
(7) - Anchor (n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(8) - Anchor (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(9) - Anchor (n.) An emblem of hope.
(10) - Anchor (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
(11) - Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
(12) - Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

(1) - Anchorage (n.) Abode of an anchoret.
(2) - Anchorage (n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
(3) - Anchorage (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(4) - Anchorage (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(5) - Anchorage (n.) The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
(6) - Anchorage (n.) A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
(7) - Anchorage (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.