| antinomy | (noun) a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable | - |
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| antioxidant | (noun) substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides | - |
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| antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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| antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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| antipasto | (noun) a course of appetizers in an Italian meal | - |
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| antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
| antipathetical | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic |
| antipathy | (noun) the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: aversion, distaste |
| antipersonnel | (adjective) designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction | - |
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| antiperspirant | (noun) an astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration | - |
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| antiphlogistic | (adjective) counteracting inflammation | - |
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| antiphon | (noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphony |
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| antiphonal | (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: responsive |
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| (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonary |
| (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
| antiphonary | (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonal |
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| (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonal |
| antiphony | (noun) alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts | - |
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| (noun) a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | Synonyms: antiphon |
| antiphrasis | (noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | - |
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| antipodal | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodean |
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| (noun) the relation of opposition along a diameter | Synonyms: antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition |
| antipode | (noun) direct opposite | - |
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| antipodean | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodal |
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| antipodes | (noun) any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth | - |
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| antipollution | (adjective) intended to reduce pollution | - |
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| antipope | (noun) someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected | - |
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| antiproton | (noun) an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton | - |
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| antiprotozoal | (noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa | Synonyms: antiprotozoal drug |
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| antipruritic | (noun) a substance that relieves or prevents itching | - |
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| antipsychotic | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | Synonyms: antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug |
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| antipyresis | (noun) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever | - |
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| antipyretic | (adjective) preventing or alleviating fever | - |
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| (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: febrifuge |
| antiquarian | (adjective) of or relating to antiques or antiquities | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities | - |
| (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquary, archaist |
| antiquark | (noun) the antiparticle of a quark | - |
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| antiquary | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquarian, archaist |
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| antiquate | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antique |
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| (verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned | - |
| antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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| antiquatedness | (noun) The state or quality of being outmoded or discredited by reason of age, of being out of style or fashion. | - |
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| antique | (adjective) made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age | - |
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| (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
| (adjective) belonging to or lasting from times long ago | Synonyms: age-old |
| (noun) any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity | - |
| (noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: gaffer, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer |
| (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antiquate |
| (verb) shop for antiques | - |
| antiqueness | (noun) the quality or state of being in the style or fashion of former times. | - |
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| antiquity | (noun) an artifact surviving from the past | - |
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| (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: ancientness |
| (noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe | - |
| antiredeposition | (noun) the process of preventing redeposition | - |
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| antireligiousness | (noun) The state or condition of being opposed to religion. | - |
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| antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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| antisemitic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews | Synonyms: anti-semitic |
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| antisemitism | (noun) the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people | Synonyms: anti-Semitism |
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| antisepsis | (noun) the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms | Synonyms: asepsis |
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| (noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | Synonyms: asepsis, sterileness, sterility |
| antiseptic | (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of objectionable language | - |
| (adjective) clean and honest | - |
| (adjective) freeing from error or corruption | - |
| (noun) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | - |
| antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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| antiserum | (noun) blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease | - |
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| antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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| (adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
| antispasmodic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic |
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| antistrophe | (noun) the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem | - |
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| antistrophic | (adjective) of or relating to an antistrophe | - |
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| antisubmarine | (adjective) defensive against enemy submarines | - |
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| antisyphilitic | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis | - |
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| antitank | (adjective) designed for defense against armored vehicles | - |
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| antitauon | (noun) an antilepton of very great mass | Synonyms: tau-plus particle |
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| antithesis | (noun) the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance | - |
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| (noun) exact opposite | - |
| antithetic | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetical |
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| antithetical | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetic |
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| antithetically | (adverb) with antithesis; in an antithetical manner | - |
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| antithyroid | (adjective) having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity | - |
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| antitoxic | (adjective) counteracting a toxin or poison | - |
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| antitoxin | (noun) an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin | - |
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| antitrade | (noun) winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics | Synonyms: antitrade wind |
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| antitrades | (noun) wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds | - |
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| antitrust | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antimonopoly |
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| antitumor | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumour |
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| antitumour | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor |
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| antitussive | (noun) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing | - |
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| antitype | (noun) a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament | - |
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| (noun) an opposite or contrasting type | - |
| antitypic | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypical |
| antitypical | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypic |
| antivenene | (noun) an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal | Synonyms: antivenin |
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| antivenin | (noun) an antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal | Synonyms: antivenene |
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| antiviral | (adjective) inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses | - |
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| (noun) any drug that destroys viruses | Synonyms: antiviral agent, antiviral drug |
| astrantia | (noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia | Synonyms: masterwort |
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| autoantibody | (noun) an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it | - |
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| autosemantic | (adjective) of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context | - |
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| bacchantic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler | - |
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| banting | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, Bos banteng, tsine |
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| brigantine | (noun) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast | Synonyms: hermaphrodite brig |
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| brilliantine | (noun) a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous | - |
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| canticle | (noun) a hymn derived from the Bible | - |
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| cantilever | (noun) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only | - |
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| (verb) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed | - |
| (verb) project as a cantilever | - |
| cantillate | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: chant, intonate, intone |
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| cantillation | (noun) liturgical chanting | - |
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| chanting | (noun) the act of singing in a monotonous tone | Synonyms: intonation |
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| chiromantic | (adjective) of or relating to palmistry | - |
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| circumstantial | (adjective) fully detailed and specific about particulars | - |
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| circumstantially | (adverb) insofar as the circumstances are concerned | - |
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| (adverb) without advance planning | Synonyms: accidentally, by chance, unexpectedly |
| (adverb) in minute detail | Synonyms: minutely |
| (adverb) according to circumstances | - |
| circumstantiate | (verb) give circumstantial evidence for | - |
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| consubstantial | (adjective) regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity) | - |
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| consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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| (verb) unite in one common substance | - |
| consubstantiation | (noun) the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine | - |
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| diamantine | (adjective) consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds | - |
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| dilettantish | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettanteish, sciolistic |
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| disenchanting | (adjective) freeing from illusion or false belief | Synonyms: disillusioning |
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| eglantine | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
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| elephantiasis | (noun) hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis | - |
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| elephantine | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: gargantuan, giant, jumbo |
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| enantiomer | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomorph |
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| enantiomorph | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomer |
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