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Anoushka Vaswani

Anoushka Vaswani is a Partner, Growth at Lightspeed Venture Partners, investing in fintech, enterprise software, and infrastructure, with board seats at Fireworks AI, Semgrep, and 1Password.

Anouvong

Anouvong, also Chao Anou, was king of Vientiane, a Lao vassal state of Siam, from 1805 to 1828; his failed 1827 rebellion ended in the kingdom's destruction.

ANOVA gauge R&R

ANOVA gauge R&R (also ANOVA Gage R&R) is a method for gauge repeatability and reproducibility studies that estimates measurement variability by fitting an ANOVA model with parts and operators as factors.

Anovulation

Anovulation is absent ovulation, a leading treatable cause of female infertility (about a quarter of cases). Classified WHO Groups I–III; PCOS dominates; diagnosed by mid-luteal progesterone; letrozole now first-line therapy.

Anovulatory bleeding

Anovulatory bleeding (AUB-O, formerly dysfunctional uterine bleeding): irregular, often heavy uterine bleeding from unopposed estrogen when no ovulation occurs; common at menarche and perimenopause, treated with progestins.

Anovulatory cycle

Anovulatory cycle: a menstrual cycle without ovulation. Common after menarche and before menopause; PCOS causes about 70% of cases. Treated with letrozole, clomiphene, metformin, gonadotrophins, or IVF.

Anoxic waters

Anoxic waters, also called anoxic sea water, are bodies of water lacking dissolved oxygen, occurring naturally in basins like the Black Sea and increasingly in coastal waters receiving nutrient pollution.

Anoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy

Anoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (ICD-11 8B24.0), also called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, is brain injury from combined cerebral hypoxia and ischemia, occurring after adult cardiac arrest and neonatal asphyxia, treated with cooling in newborns.

ANP32A

ANP32A (PP32, LANP, PHAPI) is a human gene at 15q23 encoding a 249-amino-acid LRR and acidic-tail phosphoprotein of the INHAT complex that regulates histone acetylation, PP2A, apoptosis, and is an essential host factor for influenza virus replication.

Anpan (あんぱん) (TV series)

Anpan (あんぱん) is NHK's 112th Asadora serial drama, broadcast March 31 to September 26, 2025, 130 episodes; also known as Drama Serial Anpan, modeled on Anpanman creator Yanase Takashi and his wife Komatsu Nobu, scripted by Miho Nakazono, starring Mio Imada and Takumi Kitamura, theme song Tamamono by RADWIMPS, final episode 18.1% household rating.

Anpanman (アンパンマン)

Anpanman (アンパンマン), also Soreike! Anpanman, is a Japanese children's superhero created by Takashi Yanase, first published 1969, picture book 1973, anime on Nippon TV since October 3, 1988; Guinness record 1,768 characters in 2009, over 2,300 now.

Anpao Dorsa

Anpao Dorsa is a 550-km ridge system (dorsum) on Venus at 62°N, 207°E, in quadrangle V-5, named in 1997 from the Dakota word for the dawn and linked to the Pandrosos Dorsa belt.

Anpara power station

The Anpara power station is a complex of coal-fired thermal power stations at Anpara in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the Rihand Reservoir with a total capacity of 3,830 MW.

Anpara-C power station

Anpara-C power station is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power plant near Anpara village in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, built by Lanco and now owned by MEIL Anpara Energy Limited.

Anpara-D power station

Anpara-D power station is a coal-fired power station with two 500 MW units at Anpara in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India, built by BHEL and owned by UPRVUNL.

Anpodu Kanmani

Anpodu Kanmani (അൻപോട് കൺമണി) is a 2025 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by debutant Liju Thomaz, starring Arjun Ashokan and Anagha Narayanan as newlyweds Nakulan and Shalini facing pressure to conceive; released 24 January 2025, streamed on Prime Video from 26 March 2025.

Anqasa Amin

Anqasa Amin (Ge'ez: አንቀጸ አሚን, "The Gate of Faith") is a sixteenth-century Christian apology against Islam written in Ge'ez by Enbaqom, a Muslim convert and abbot of Däbrä Libanos.

Anqet Farra

Anqet Farra (formerly Anqet Farrum) is a 125-km-wide farrum, a pancake-shaped volcanic structure, on Venus at 33.60N, 311.50E, IAU-named in 1994 for the Egyptian goddess of fertile waters.

Anqi Sheng

Anqi Sheng (安期生) is a legendary Chinese immortal of the Qin and Han era, said to be a thousand-year-old medicine seller on the Shandong coast.

Anqing

Anqing (安庆), also called Yicheng, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Anhui, China, on the north bank of the lower Yangtze and Anhui's capital from 1760 to 1938.

Anqing power station

Anqing power station is a coal-fired power station on the Yangtze River in Anqing, Anhui, China, generating 2,640 MW and owned by Guoneng Shenwan Anqing Power Generation.

Anqiu

Anqiu (安丘市) is a county-level city under Weifang, Shandong, China; formerly Quqiu, county since 148 BC, city since 1994; about 2,025 km², ginger and vegetable farming, 2024 GDP 51.7 billion yuan.

Anquan Boldin

Anquan Boldin (born 1980, Pahokee, Florida) is a retired NFL wide receiver, 2003 second-round pick, who played for the Cardinals, Ravens, 49ers, and Lions, totaling 1,076 catches, 13,779 yards, and 82 touchdowns, winning Super Bowl XLVII and the 2015 Walter Payton Man of the Year.

ANR Pipeline

ANR Pipeline is an American interstate natural gas transmission company founded in 1945, moving gas from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana to Midwest markets and owned by TC Energy since 2007.

Anra scarab

Anra scarabs are design scarabs of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period whose bases always include the hieroglyphs n and r, produced mainly in Canaan around 1650 to 1530 BC.

Anran

Anran (안란) is a fire-wielding Damage (flanking DPS) hero in Blizzard's Overwatch, sister of Wuyang, launched February 10, 2026 in The Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest, with an Ignition burn mechanic, dual ultimate, and a Season 2 face redesign after fan criticism.

Anredera

Anredera (Madeira-vines), genus of climbing vines in Basellaceae, Caryophyllales, published 1789; 10-12 species native to tropical and subtropical Americas; includes invasive ornamental Anredera cordifolia.

Anredera cordifolia

Anredera cordifolia, Madeira vine or mignonette vine (binahong), a Basellaceae twining vine native to South America, grown as ornamental and vegetable, invasive in Australia and New Zealand via aerial tubers.

Anri

Anri (杏里), born Eiko Kawashima in 1961, is a Japanese pop singer and defining city pop voice whose 1983 anime theme "CAT'S EYE" topped the Oricon chart.

Anri Okita (沖田杏梨)

Anri Okita (沖田杏梨), born 1986 in Birmingham, England, is a British-born Japanese entertainer: former AV performer (2011–2016), mainstream actress, singer (GORILLA, 2017), and member of the idol group BLACK DIAMOND; distinct from the city pop singer Anri.