Words That Start With Ana: Examples and Meanings

In this article, you’ll find a comprehensive list of words that start with “ana.

1. Anagram: A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another.
2. Analogy: A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation.
3. Analysis: Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.
4. Anaconda: A large, non-venomous snake found in tropical South America.
5. Anagrammatic: Pertaining to or containing an anagram.
6. Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
7. Anaphylaxis: Severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.
8. Anatomic: Related to the structure of an organism.
9. Analytics: Systematic computational analysis of data or statistics.
10. Anarchism: Belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis.
11. Anathema: Something or someone that is greatly detested.
12. Anatomy: The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of organisms.
13. Anaerobic: Occurring in the absence of oxygen.
14. Anatolian: Pertaining to Anatolia or its inhabitants.
15. Anaglyph: A stereoscopic photograph with two images superimposed in different colors, usually red and green or cyan, creating a 3D effect.
16. Anagrammatize: To make an anagram from a word, phrase, or sentence.
17. Anachronism: A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists.
18. Anaphase: The stage of mitosis and meiosis when chromosomes separate.
19. Anabaptist: A member of a Protestant sect advocating for adult baptism.
20. Anathema: A formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.
21. Anabolism: The synthesis of complex molecules from simpler ones in living organisms.
22. Anasazi: A member of an ancient Native American culture flourishing in the southwestern United States.
23. Anasarcous: Pertaining to or characterized by severe generalized edema.
24. Anaerobe: An organism, especially a bacterium, that does not require oxygen for growth.
25. Analytical: Relating to or using analysis or logical reasoning.
26. Analytically: In an analytical manner.
27. Anaesthesia: Loss of sensation and awareness, usually artificially induced before surgeries.
28. Analeptic: A drug that stimulates the central nervous system.
29. Anapestic: A metrical foot in poetry consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.
30. Anagrammer: A person who creates or enjoys creating anagrams.
31. Anakim: A race of giants mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
32. Anapsid: A reptile of a subclass characterized by skulls without temporal openings.
33. Anatomic: Relating to the physical structure of an organism.
34. Analogize: To make a comparison of similarities.
35. Anaform: An analytic form that conveys a condensed expression.
36. Anaclisis: Emotional dependency on another person.
37. Anagaea: Ancient term referring to the globe as the inhabited earth.
38. Anaclitic: Relating to dependency on others for emotional support.
39. Anacamptis: A genus of orchids.
40. Anableps: A genus of fish known as four-eyed fish.
41. Anagoge: A mystical or spiritual interpretation of a word or passage.
42. Anaglyptograph: A device for producing raised impressions from engravings.
43. Anallobar: A region of lower barometric pressure.
44. Anarthrous: Lacking joints or distinct segments.
45. Anastigmat: A lens system free from astigmatism.
46. Anacrisis: A preliminary examination in law.
47. Anachronic: Chronologically misplaced.
48. Anagrammatism: The practice of creating anagrams.
49. Anaphoric: Relating to or using anaphora.
50. Anathreon: A secondary form of an anagram.
51. Anabolism: The constructive part of metabolism.
52. Anasazi: Ancient Native American culture.
53. Anableps: A fish that can see above and below water simultaneously.
54. Anatag–Greek- A tale or a story.
55. Anari: Type of white cheese from Cyprus.
56. Anafranil: A medication used to treat OCD.
57. Anacreontic: Pertaining to the poetry of Anacreon, usually celebrating love and wine.
58. Anacampserote: A plant supposedly useful in bringing back lost loves.
59. Anaclitic: Need for another person as the basis for emotional sustenance.
60. Anastomosis: Connection between two tubular organs.
61. Anandas: Plural of “ananda,” meaning bliss in Sanskrit.
62. Anarchy: A state of society without government or law.
63. Anaglyphic: Relating to an anaglyph.
64. Ananke: Inevitability or necessity; often personified as a deity.
65. Anablepidae: A family of fishes including the four-eyed fishes.
66. Anachronous: Out of its proper chronological place.
67. Anatergo: Backwards-going (rarely used).
68. Anapestic: Pertaining to a metrical foot in poetry with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
69. Anamnestic: Relating to or denoting a patient’s account of a medical history.
70. Ananias: The Greek form of Hananiah, the name of several characters in the Bible.
71. Anaplasty: Surgical repair or reconstruction of a part of the body.
72. Anasazi: Ancestral Puebloan people.
73. Anarrhinum: A genus of plants in the family Scrophulariaceae.
74. Ananagram: A-likely-coined word, meaning not an anagram.
75. Anagoge: An elevation or ascension.
76. Anabiosis: Revived life; reanimation.
77. Anabaptism: A Christian movement of radical reformers.
78. Analogous: Similar or comparable in certain respects.
79. Anaerobiosis: Life sustained in the absence of air.
80. Analysand: A person undergoing psychoanalysis.
81. Anapest: A metrical foot in poetry with three syllables, where the first two are short and unstressed followed by one long and stressed.
82. Anacruses: The weak syllable at the beginning of a line of poetry.
83. Anaptomorphus: An extinct genus of primates.
84. Anamniotes: Animals that lay eggs without the amniotic sac.
85. Anastrophe: Inversion of the usual order of words.
86. Anarthrias: Plural for inability to articulate words.
87. Anarchist: A person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy.
88. Anathemas: Plural for something or someone detested or loathed.
89. Analects: A collection of literary fragments.
90. Anarchic: Without order or control.
91. Anahita: An ancient deity worshipped in various forms.
92. Anatolian: Pertaining to Anatolia or its inhabitants.
93. Anarthrous: Lacking a joint or not articulated.
94. Analphabetic: Illiterate or unable to read.
95. Anangram: A misspelling or incorrect form of anagram.
96. Anabiosis: A temporary state of suspended animation.
97. Anaerobes: Organisms that grow in the absence of oxygen.
98. Anagrams: Words formed by rearranging letters.
99. Anaglyphs: Stereoscopic images in contrasting colors.
100. Anaesthesias: Plural of loss of sensation.