ambit (en)

(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something

amphibology (en)

(noun) a sentence or phrase (as “nothing is good enough for you”) that can be interpreted in more than one way

anaclitic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or characterized by the direction of love toward an object (as the mother) that satisfies nonsexual needs (as hunger)

anacreontic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or resembling the poetry of Anacreon / (adjective) convivial or amatory in tone or theme / (noun) a poem in the manner of Anacreon / (noun) a drinking song or light lyric

analepsis (grk)

flashback

analogical rhetoric (en)

(e.g.,) using language of the other to speak of oneself

anamorphic (en)

(adjective) producing, relating to, or marked by intentional distortion (as by unequal magnification along perpendicular axes) of an image

anaphora (en)

(noun, literary theory) repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

anaphoric reference (en)

a word refers back to a previous word for its meaning

anastrophe (en)

(noun) inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect (literary device)

anentropic (en)

not entropic

anfractuous (en)

(adjective) full of windings and intricate turnings; tortuous

aniline dye (en)

a type of synthetic dye ("aniline" being an organic compound - an amine)

animalcule (en)

(noun) a minute, usually microscopic organism

anisotropy (en)

(adjective) exhibiting properties with different values when measured in different directions

Annamite (en)

(noun) a native or inhabitant of Annam, which was a French protectorate encompassing the central region of Vietnam / (noun) vietnamese

anneal (en)

(verb) to heat and then cool (as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle / (verb) to cool slowly usually in a furnace / (verb) to heat and then cool (double-stranded nucleic acid) in order to separate strands and induce combination at lower temperature with complementary strands / (verb) strengthen toughen / (verb) to be capable of combining with complementary nucleic acid by a process of heating and cooling

annulation (en)

referring to a ringlike anatomical structure

annunciation (en)

an act or instance of announcing; proclamation

anodyne (en)

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

anomie (en)

lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group, which lessens social cohesion and fosters decline; popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide

anon (en)

soon; shortly

antenimbusian (en)

pre-cloud (a term made up by Franzen in purity)

antic (en)

(adjective) grotesque bizarre / characterized by clownish extravagance or absurdity / whimsically gay; frolicsome

antinomian (en)

(noun) one who rejects a socially established morality