8-Letter Nouns Starting With A

1. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

2. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

1. collection of records especially about an institution

1. any specific behavior

2. the state of being active

1. a component that is added to something to improve it

2. the act of adding one thing to another

1. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

2. the act of drawing spatially closer to something

1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

1. an educator who works at a college or university

1. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

1. the formal act of approving

2. a feeling of liking something or someone good

1. a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

2. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

1. the quality of being near to the true value

2. (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number

1. a vehicle that can fly

1. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

2. the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service

1. an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat

1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

1. the state of being allied or confederated

2. a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

1. an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

2. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

2. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

1. the aggregation of a country's military aircraft

2. the operation of aircraft to provide transportation

1. something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative

1. a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

1. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

2. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

1. a remedy for hearing loss or deafness

1. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

2. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

1. active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

1. termination of pregnancy

2. failure of a plan

1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

2. a lawyer who pleads cases in court

1. any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response

1. the act of troubling or annoying someone

1. a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

1. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

1. a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

1. a star-shaped character * used in printing

1. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

1. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface

2. the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)

1. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

2. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

1. a device that controls amount of light admitted

2. a natural opening in something

1. a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

1. a militant reformer

1. an instrument that performs analyses

1. the hereditary derivation of an individual

2. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

1. a feeling of craving something

1. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

2. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

1. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

2. personal independence

1. something having the property of being analogous to something else

1. a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

1. a cherished desire

2. a strong drive for success

1. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

1. the academic world

1. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

2. a test of the suitability of a performer

1. something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

1. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:

2. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

1. abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen

2. a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures

1. the sterilization of an animal

1. someone who attacks

1. an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it

1. textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

1. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

1. a grant made by a law court

1. a man-made object taken as a whole

1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

2. a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

1. exercise that increases the need for oxygen

1. the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion

1. a particular environment or surrounding influence

2. the atmosphere of an environment

1. chair with a support on each side for arms

1. a substance that abrades or wears down

1. a particular environment or surrounding influence

2. the atmosphere of an environment

1. one that is absent or not in residence

1. graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

1. a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

1. any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels

2. candied stalks of the angelica plant

1. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

1. (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

1. a mechanism that puts something into automatic action

1. a state of readiness to respond

2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

1. kindly endorsement and guidance

2. a favorable omen

1. inherent ability

1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

2. a mechanism that can move automatically

1. a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa

1. extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

1. an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air

1. a place where planes take off and land

1. an affluent person; a person who is financially well off

2. a branch that flows into the main stream

1. someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people

2. the technician who produces animated cartoons

1. the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth

2. the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction

1. science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics

1. a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

1. a person who is present and participates in a meeting

1. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

2. erosion by friction

1. a feeling of intense dislike

2. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

1. a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

1. a decorative design made of one material sewn over another

1. (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation

1. a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall

1. sports that involve bodies of water

1. a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

2. a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

1. someone who responds

1. a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

1. one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement

1. an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment

1. large arboreal boa of tropical South America

1. someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something

2. a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)

1. people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

1. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

2. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

1. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

1. an instrument that performs analyses

1. aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe

2. strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise

1. fearless daring

2. aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

1. male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics

1. any substance that can cause an allergy

1. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

2. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

1. an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)

1. a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

1. short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

1. the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

1. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

2. the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures

1. weaponry used by military or naval force

2. the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

1. the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)

2. the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

1. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

2. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ

1. a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

1. the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines)

1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)

2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

1. an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior

1. a commercial airplane that carries passengers

1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

1. a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

1. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

1. one who agitates; a political troublemaker

1. loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)

1. an authority with power to approve

1. one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

1. a man-made object taken as a whole

1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

2. large Indian stork with a military gait

1. a detested person

2. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

2. an act of atrocious cruelty

1. any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

1. passing reference or indirect mention

1. abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

1. a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters

1. a person with a record of successes

1. a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides

1. an expressway in a German-speaking country

1. someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

1. a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide

1. coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field

1. an airfield without normal airport facilities

1. an Italian almond liqueur

1. a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck

1. a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

1. a person who acquires something (usually permanently)

2. a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock

1. seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America

2. any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food

1. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

2. the act of abandoning a party for cause

1. the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying

1. a person suffering from anorexia nervosa

1. a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

1. someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure

1. (law) the party who makes an assignment

1. a salt or ester of propenoic acid

1. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

1. point of contact between two objects or parts

2. a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge

1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

1. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

1. relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna

2. large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters

1. any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

1. aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

2. deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States

1. a building where animals are butchered

1. the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes

1. blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease

1. natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants

1. an ambitious and aspiring young person

1. someone who ascends

2. a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters

1. the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels

1. a specialist in treating damaged trees

1. a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning

2. a place where reading materials are available

1. liveliness and eagerness

1. temporary cessation or suspension

1. a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)

1. a narrow street with walls on both sides

1. a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

1. the act of preventing something from occurring

2. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

1. a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas

1. air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

1. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

1. a person who alarms others needlessly

1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

1. someone who listens attentively

2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

1. political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema

1. alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer

1. a consonant pronounced with aspiration

2. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.

1. the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle

1. a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria