7 Letter Words That Start With A

anguish

Noun : Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

Verb : (intransitive) To suffer pain.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.

arduous

Adjective : Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

Adjective : Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

Adjective : (obsolete) burning; ardent

affable

Adjective : Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

Adjective : Mild; benign.

austere

Adjective : Grim or severe in manner or appearance.

Adjective : Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.

Adjective : Harsh; astringent.

amiable

Adjective : Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious

Adjective : Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like

aureate

Adjective : Golden in color or shine.

Adjective : (rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin.

acerbic

Adjective : (figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.

Adjective : Tasting sour or bitter.

augment

Verb : (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.

Verb : (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.

Noun : An increase.

avarice

Noun : Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

Noun : Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

advance

Verb : To help the progress of (something); to further.

Verb : To move forward in space or time.

Verb : To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.

asinine

Adjective : Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

Adjective : Characteristic of an ass (an asshole): objectionably inconsiderate or jerky.

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys.

assuage

Verb : (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

abashed

Adjective : Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

apropos

Adjective : Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

Verb : To the purpose; appropriately.

Verb : Timely; at a good time.

address

Noun : Direction.

Noun : A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.

Noun : (diplomacy, politics) A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.

aroused

Adjective : Sexually excited; randy, lustful.

Adjective : Stirred up, agitated.

anomaly

Noun : A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

Noun : Something or someone that is strange or unusual.

Noun : (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.

anodyne

Adjective : (pharmacology) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.

Noun : (pharmacology) Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.

Adjective : (figuratively) Soothing or relaxing.

affront

Verb : (transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.

Noun : An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

Verb : (transitive) To meet defiantly; to confront.

amorous

Adjective : Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.

Adjective : Indicating love or sexual desire.

Adjective : Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

archaic

Adjective : Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

Adjective : (chiefly lexicography, of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.

Noun : (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

anxiety

Noun : An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

Noun : (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

Noun : (informal) Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.

acolyte

Noun : An attendant, assistant, or follower.

Noun : (Christianity) An altar server.

Noun : (Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.

ascetic

Adjective : Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.

Noun : One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

Adjective : Of or relating to ascetics.

appease

Verb : To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

Verb : To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.

amenity

Noun : A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

Noun : Convenience.

Noun : Pleasantness.

ardency

Noun : The quality of being ardent.

Noun : Intensity of feelings.

Noun : Intensity of devotion.

adjunct

Noun : An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

Noun : A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.

Adjective : Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.

ambient

Adjective : Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.

Adjective : (music) Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.

Noun : (uncountable, music) A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.

assault

Noun : A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

Noun : (crime law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.

Noun : A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like

analyze

Verb : (transitive) To subject to analysis.

Verb : (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

Verb : (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

adamant

Adjective : (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

Adjective : (of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.

Noun : An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.

analogy

Noun : A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

Noun : (geometry) The proportion or the equality of ratios.

Noun : (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.

acquire

Verb : (transitive) To get.

Verb : (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

Verb : (medicine) To become affected by an illness.

anxious

Adjective : Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

Adjective : Nervous and worried.

Adjective : (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.

artless

Adjective : Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.

Adjective : Free of artificiality; natural.

Adjective : Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.

antique

Adjective : Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.

Adjective : Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.

Adjective : (typography) Designating a style of type.

amplify

Verb : (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

Verb : (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

Verb : (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.

aphotic

Adjective : Having no light, especially no sunlight.

Adjective : (biology, oceanography) Describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.

apparel

Noun : Clothing.

Verb : (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.

Noun : (figurative) Aspect, guise, form.

abysmal

Adjective : (figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.

Adjective : (now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.

askance

Verb : (of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.

Verb : Sideways; obliquely.

Adjective : Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.

adorned

Adjective : Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).

abscond

Verb : (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.

Verb : (law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process

Verb : (intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

artisan

Noun : A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

Noun : A person who displays great dexterity.

Adjective : Artisanal.

apprise

Verb : To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.

Verb : (rare) To formally impart (information) to someone; to advise, to notify.

Verb : Synonym of appraise (“to determine the value or worth of (something)”).

aeonian

Adjective : (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of eonian. [Of or pertaining to an eon]

affreux

Adjective : (rare) Dreadful; disturbing or frightening.

Noun : A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s.

absolve

Verb : (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.

Verb : (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.

Verb : (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.

adverse

Adjective : Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.

Adjective : Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.

Adjective : (not comparable) Opposite; confronting.

ascribe

Verb : (transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.

Verb : (transitive) To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.

Verb : (nonstandard, with to) To believe in or agree with; to subscribe.

attaint

Verb : (now rare) To taint; to corrupt, sully.

Verb : (archaic) To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.

Verb : (archaic) To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.

archive

Noun : A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

Noun : The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).

Verb : (transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

acclaim

Verb : (transitive) To express great approval (for).

Verb : (Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.

Verb : (transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.

awesome

Adjective : (colloquial, Canada, US, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

Adjective : Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

Noun : (countable, informal) A person who is awesome.

alluded

Verb : (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

account

Noun : (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.

Noun : (banking) A bank account.

Noun : A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

aureole

Noun : A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.

Noun : (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.

Verb : (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a halo.

amatory

Adjective : Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.

abusion

Noun : (obsolete) Misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.

Noun : (obsolete) Deceit; abuse of the truth.

Noun : (obsolete, rhetoric) Catachresis.

athymia

Noun : (medicine) The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.

Noun : (medicine) The absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion.

assured

Adjective : Guaranteed; secure.

Adjective : Self-confident; self-assured; sure.

Noun : An insured person.

apostle

Noun : A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).

Noun : A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.

Noun : A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

absence

Noun : A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

Noun : Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.

Noun : The period of someone being away.

afflict

Verb : (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.

Verb : (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.

Verb : (obsolete) To make low or humble.

ashamed

Adjective : (chiefly of someone in trouble and undergoing punishment for doing something wrong) Feeling shame or guilt.

avidity

Noun : Eagerness; intenseness of desire.

Noun : Greediness; strong appetite.

Noun : (biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.

annoyed

Adjective : Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.

amalgam

Noun : A combination of different things.

Noun : (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.

Noun : (dentistry) An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.

abreast

Verb : Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.

Verb : Side by side and facing forward.

Verb : (figurative) Alongside; parallel to.

animate

Adjective : That lives.

Adjective : Possessing the quality or ability of motion.

Adjective : Dynamic, energetic.

agitate

Verb : (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).

Verb : (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.

Verb : To participate in political agitation (sense 3).

ancient

Adjective : Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

Adjective : Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

Adjective : (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.

attempt

Verb : To try.

Noun : The action of trying at something.

Noun : An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

abstain

Verb : (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.

Verb : (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.

Verb : (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.

awkward

Adjective : Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.

Adjective : Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

Adjective : Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

asserts

Verb : To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

Verb : To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.

Verb : (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

amnesia

Noun : (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

Noun : (figurative) Forgetfulness.

Noun : (UK, slang) A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.

amusing

Adjective : Funny, hilarious.

Adjective : Entertaining.

amative

Adjective : Pertaining to love; amorous.

athirst

Adjective : (figuratively) Eager or extremely desirous (for something).

Adjective : (archaic) Thirsty.

agentic

Adjective : That behaves like an agent: able to express or expressing agency or control on one's own behalf or on the behalf of another.

Adjective : (psychology) Having agency; able to make independent decisions in pursuit of a goal.

Adjective : (psychology, by extension, of a psychological state of a person) That obeys authority (introduced in Milgram's theory).

annulus

Noun : A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.

Noun : (anatomy) A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.

Noun : (astronomy) A ring of light in a celestial body, especially when caused by an annular eclipse (for example, when the Sun and Moon are in line with the Earth, but the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's disc).

arbiter

Noun : A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

Noun : (with of) A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

Verb : (transitive) To act as an arbiter.

abiding

Adjective : Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.

Noun : The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.

Noun : (obsolete) An abode.

asshole

Noun : (vulgar, derogatory or offensive, synecdochically) A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person.

Noun : (vulgar, by extension, often appositional) Anything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable.

Noun : (vulgar) The anus.

abide by

Verb : (transitive) To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law).

Verb : (transitive) To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan).

atrophy

Verb : (intransitive) To wither or waste away.

Noun : (pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

average

Noun : (statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.

Noun : (mathematics) The arithmetic mean.

Noun : (law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.

actuate

Verb : (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

Verb : (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

almoner

Noun : A person who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses.

Noun : A person who dispenses alms on behalf of another person.

Noun : (chiefly British) A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and aftercare.

atelier

Noun : A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.

acheron

Noun : (Greek mythology) A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

Noun : (literary) Hell

Noun : A small town in Victoria, Australia.

affixed

Adjective : Enduringly stuck to, or attached to, something.

Adjective : (linguistics) With an affix.

amassed

Adjective : Having been gathered or assembled in a large group.

ascesis

Noun : (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.

Noun : (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.

alastor

Noun : An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.

Noun : In more recent ages, a term of rebuke for a pestilent rascal.

Noun : (entomology) A genus of hunting wasp

amnesty

Noun : An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Verb : (transitive) To grant a pardon (to a group).

Noun : Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

ability

Noun : (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.

Noun : (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.

Noun : (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.

anarchy

Noun : (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

Noun : (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

Noun : Confusion in general; disorder.

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