- a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular subject, person, place, or thing.
- an item in such a collection, as an anecdote, a memorable saying, etc.
- (of ingredients in pharmaceutical prescriptions) in equal quantities; of each. Symbol: a̅a̅, āa
- a prefix in loanwords from Greek, where it means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”: anabasis; used in the formation of compound words: anacardiaceous.
- a suffix that forms collective nouns denoting an assembly of items, as household objects, art, books, or maps, or a description of such items, as a bibliography, all of which are representative of or associated with the place, person, or period named by the stem: Americana; Shakespeareana; Victoriana.
- American Newspaper Association.
- American Nurses Association.
- Association of National Advertisers.
- (of ingredients in a prescription) in equal quantities
- a collection of reminiscences, sketches, etc, of or about a person or place
- an item of or for such a collection
- a name for anorexia, esp when used as a personification of the disease by its sufferers
- a person who identifies himself or herself as an anorexic
- anorexic
- Article Number Association: (in Britain) an organization of manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers that provides a system (article numbering) by which a product is identified by a unique machine-readable number compatible with article-numbering systems used in other countries
- up; upwards
- again
- back; backwards
- denoting a collection of objects or information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place
