Index of English words, starting with "an"

(1) - An (conj.) If; -- a word used by old English authors.
(2) - An () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.

(1) - Anabaptism (n.) The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

(1) - Anabaptist (n.) A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

(1) - Anabasis (n.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
(2) - Anabasis (n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."

(1) - Anabatic (a.) Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever.