An ’t . An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj. [Obs.]

Ana
A´na (a"na), adv. [Gr. ’ana• (used distributively).] (Med.) Of each; an equal quantity; as wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, a. ), ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
"An apothecary with a … long bill of anas." - Dryden.

Ana-
An´a-. [Gr. ’ana• on; in comp. , on, up, upwards.] A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.

Anabaptism
An•a•bap´tism, n. [L. anabaptismus, Gr. ’anabaptismo•s: cf. F. anabaptisme. See Anabaptize.] The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

Anabaptistry
An•a•bap´tist•ry, n. The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. [R.]
"Thus died this imaginary king; and Anabaptistry was suppressed in Munster." - Pagitt.

Anabaptize
An•a•bap•tize´, v. t. [Gr., fr. again + to baptize. See Baptize.] To rebaptize; to rechristen; also to rename. [R.] Whitlock.

Anabasis
A•nab´a•sis, n. [Gr., fr. to go up; up + to go.]
1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."
"The anabasis of Napoleon." - De Quincey.
2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obs.]

Anabatic
An•a•bat´ic, a. [Gr. .] Pertaining to anabasis; as an anabatic fever. [Obs.]

Anabolic
An•a•bol´ic, a. [Gr. something heaped up; + a stroke.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

Anabolism
A•nab´o•lism, n. (Physiol.) The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.

Anabranch
An´a•branch, n. [ Anastomosing + branch.] A branch of a river that reënters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia]
"Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands." Col. Jackson. { An•a•ër•o"bi•a, An•a"ër•obes }, n. pl. [NL. anaerobia; an-not + aëro- + Gr. life.] (Bacteriol.) Anaërobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaërobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaërobia when they thrive only in its absence.

Anacamptic
An•a•camp´tic, a. [Gr. to bend back; back + to bend.] Reflecting of reflected; as an anacamptic sound (and echo). The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics.

Anacamptics
An•a•camp´tics, n.
1. The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.
2. The science of reflected sounds. { An•a•can´thi•ni, An´a•canths } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’an priv. + thorny, fr. thorn.] (Zoöl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.

Anacanthous
An•a•can´thous, a. Spineless, as certain fishes.

Anacardiaceous
An•a•car´di•a´ceous, a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

Anacardic
An•a•car´dic, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as anacardic acid.

Anacardium
An•a•car´di•um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. similar to + heart; — the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

Anachoret
An•ach´o•ret, n. An•ach•o•ret´ic•al a. See Anchoret Anchoretic. [Obs.]

Anachronic
An•a•chron´ic, An•a•chron´ic•al, a. Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic.

Anachronism
An•ach´ro•nism, n. [Gr., fr. to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; + time: cf. F. anachronisme.] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

Anachronistic
An•ach•ro•nis´tic, a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton.

Anachronize
An•ach´ro•nize, v. t. [Gr. .] To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [R.] Lowell.

Anachronous
An•ach´ro•nous, a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. — An•ach´ro•nous•ly, adv.

Anaclastic
An•a•clas´tic, a. [Gr. to bend back and break; to reflect (light); + to break.]
1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as anaclastic curves.
2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.

Anaclastics
An•a•clas´tics, n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; — commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit.

Anacœnosis
An•a•cœ•no"sis, n. [Gr., fr., to communicate; up + to make common, common.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

Anacoluthic
An•a•co•lu´thic, a. Lacking grammatical sequence. — An•a•co•lu´thic•al•ly, adv.

Anacoluthon
An•a•co•lu´thon, n. [Gr.,, not following, wanting sequence; ’an priv. + following.] (Gram.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

Anaconda
An•a•con´da, n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zoöl.) A large South American snake of the Boa family ( Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent ( Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Anacreontic
A•nac•re•on´tic, a. [L. Anacreonticus.] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.

Anacreontic
A•nac•re•on´tic, n. A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Anacrotic
An•a•crot´ic, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism.

Anacrotism
A•nac´ro•tism, n. [Gr., up, again + a stroke.] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.

Anacrusis
An•a•cru´sis, n. [Gr., fr. to push up or back; + to strike.] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

Anadem
An´a•dem, n. [L. anadema, Gr., fr. to wreathe; up + to bind.] A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath. Drayton. Tennyson.

Anadiplosis
An•a•di•plo´sis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ; + to double,,, twofold, double.] (Rhet.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes — misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

Anadrom
An´a•drom, n. [Cf. F. anadrome.] (Zoöl.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

Anadromous
A•nad´ro•mous, a. [Gr. running upward; + a running, to run.]
1. (Zoöl.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; — said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

Anaemia
A•nae´mi•a (a•ne"mi•a), a. [NL., fr. Gr. ’anaimi•a; ’an priv. + a’i^ma blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

Anaemic
A•naem´ic, a. Of or pertaining to anaemia.

Anaërobic
An•a•ë•rob"ic, a. (Biol.) Relating to, or like, anaërobies; anaërobiotic.

Anaërobic
An•a•ë•rob"ic, a. [Pref. an- not + aërobic.] (Biol.) Not requiring air or oxygen for life; — applied especially to those microbes to which free oxygen is unnecessary; anaërobiotic; — opposed to aërobic. { An•al´gen, An•al´gene }, n. } [Gr. painless.] A crystalline compound used as an antipyretic and analgesic, employed chiefly in rheumatism and neuralgia. It is a complex derivative of quinoline.

Anaërobies
An•a"ër•o•bies, n. pl. [Gr. ’an priv. +,, air + bi•os life.] (Biol.) Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. Sternberg.

Anaërobiotic
An•a•ër•o•bi•ot"ic, a. (Anat.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.

Anaesthesia
An•aes•the´si•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; ’an priv. + feeling, to feel: cf. F. anesthesie. See AEsthetics.] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.

Anaesthetization
An•aes•the•ti•za´tion, n. The process of anaesthetizing; also the condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics.

Anaesthetize
An•aes´the•tize, v. t. (Med.) To render insensible by an anaesthetic. Encyc. Brit.

Anaglyph
An´a•glyph, n. [Gr. wrought in low relief, embossed work; + to engrave.] Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo. { An•a•glyph´ic, An•a•glyph´ic•al } a. Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; — opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

Anaglyphic
An•a•glyph´ic, n. Work chased or embossed relief.

Anaglyptic
An•a•glyp´tic, a. [L. anaglypticus, Gr., . See Anaglyph.] Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

Anaglyptograph
An•a•glyp´to•graph, n. [Gr. + - graph.] An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.

Anaglyptographic
An•a•glyp•to•graph´ic, a. Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as anaglyptographic engraving.

Anaglyptography
An•a•glyp•tog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. embossed + -graphy.] The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; — used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

Anagnorisis
An•ag•nor´i•sis, n. [Latinized fr. Gr. ; + to recognize.] The unfolding or denouement. [R.] De Quincey.

Anagoge
An•a•go´ge, n. [Gr. a leading up; + a leading, to lead.]
1. An elevation of mind to things celestial.
2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New. { An•a•gog´ic, An•a•gog´ic•al } a. Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. — An•a•gog´ic•al•ly, adv.

Anagogics
An•a•gog´ics, n. pl. Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L. Addison.

Anagogy
An´a•go•gy, n. Same as Anagoge.

Anagrammatism
An•a•gram´ma•tism, n. [Gr. : cf. F. anagrammatisme.] The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden.

Anagrammatist
An•a•gram´ma•tist, n. [Cf. F. anagrammatiste.] A maker anagrams.

Anagrammatize
An•a•gram´ma•tize, v. t. [Gr. cf. F. anagrammatiser.] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth.

Anagraph
An´a•graph, n. [Gr. a writing out, fr. to write out, to record; + to write.] An inventory; a record. [Obs.] Knowles. { An´a•kim, A´naks } n. pl. [Heb.] (Bibl.) A race of giants living in Palestine.

Anal
A´nal, a. [From Anus.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as the anal fin or glands.

Analcite
A•nal´cite (-sit), n. [Gr. ’analkh•s weak.] Analcime.

Analectic
An•a•lec´tic (an•a•lek"tik), a. Relating to analects; made up of selections; as an analectic magazine. { An´a•lects (an"a•lekts), An•a•lec´ta (an•a•lek"ta), } n. pl. [Gr. ’ana•lekta fr. ’anale•gein to collect; ’ana• + le•gein to gather.] A collection of literary fragments.

Analemma
An•a•lem´ma (-lem"ma), n. [L. analemma a sun dial on a pedestal, showing the latitude and meridian of a place, Gr. ’ana•lhmma a support, or thing supported, a sun dial, fr. ’analamba•nein to take up; ’ana• + lamba•nein to take.]
1. (Chem.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.
2. An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; — formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems.
3. A scale of the sun’s declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe. { An•a•lep´sis (an•a•lep"sis), An´a•lep´sy (an"a•lep•sy), } [Gr. a taking up, or again, recovery, from . See Analemma.] (Med.) (a) Recovery of strength after sickness. (b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

Anallagmatic
An•al•lag•mat´ic, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + a change.] (Math.) Not changed in form by inversion. Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; — sometimes called bicircular quartics. — Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree.

Anallantoic
An•al•lan•to´ic, a. (Anat.) Without, or not developing, an allantois.

Anallantoidea
An•al•lan•toid´e•a, n. pl. [Gr. ’an priv. + E. allantoidea.] (Zoöl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

Analogal
A•nal´o•gal, a. Analogous. [Obs.] Donne.

Analogic
An•a•log´ic, a. [See Analogous.] Of or belonging to analogy. Geo. Eliot.

Analogically
An•a•log´ic•al•ly, adv. In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.
"A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to the vessel." - Berkeley.

Analogicalness
An•a•log´ic•al•ness, n. Quality of being analogical.

Analogism
A•nal´o•gism, n. [Gr. course of reasoning, fr. to think over, to calculate]
1. Logic an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument. Johnson.
2. Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other. Crabb.

Analogist
A•nal´o•gist, n. One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne.

Analogize
A•nal´o•gize, v. i. To employ, or reason by, analogy.

Analogon
A•nal´o•gon, n. [Gr. .] Analogue.

Analogous
A•nal´o•gous, a. [L. analogous, Gr. according to a due ratio, proportionate; + ratio, proportion. See Logic.] Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; — often followed by to.
"Analogous tendencies in arts and manners." - De Quincey.
"Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death." - J. H. Newman.
nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.
Syn. — Correspondent; similar; like. — A•nal"o gous•ly, adv. — A•nal´o•gous•ness, n.

Analogy
A•nal´o•gy, n. ; pl. Analogies . [L. analogia, Gr., fr. : cf. F. analogie. See Analogous.]
1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden. Followed by between, to, or with; as there is an analogy between these objects, or one thing has an analogy to or with another. Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a similarity of relations, and in this consists the difference between the argument from example and that from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere similarity of two things; in the latter, from the similarity of their relations. Karslake.
2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different.
3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly. Johnson.

Analytics
An•a•lyt´ics, n. The science of analysis.

Analyzable
An´a•ly•za•ble, a. That may be analyzed.

Analyzation
An•a•ly•za´tion, n. The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.

Analyze
An´a•lyze, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Analyzed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing.] [Cf. F. analyser. See Analysis.] To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
"No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain." - Darwin.

Anamese
An•a•mese´, a. Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. — n. A native of Anam.

Anamnesis
An•am•ne´sis, n. [Gr., fr. to remind, recall to memory; + to put in mind.] (Rhet.) A recalling to mind; recollection.

Anamnestic
An•am•nes´tic, a. [Gr. .] Aiding the memory; as anamnestic remedies.

Anamniotic
An•am•ni•ot´ic, a. (Anat.) Without, or not developing, an amnion.

Anamorphism
An•a•mor´phism, n. [Gr. again + form.]
1. A distorted image.
2. (Biol.) A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley.

Anamorphoscope
An•a•mor´pho•scope, n. [ Anamorphosis + -scope.] An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.

Anamorphosis
An•a•mor´pho•sis, n. [Gr., fr. to form anew; again + to form; form.]
1. (Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
2. (Biol.) Same as Anamorphism, 2.
3. (Bot.) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.

Anandrous
An•an´drous, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + ’andh•r a man.] (Bot.) Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers.

Anangular
An•an´gu•lar, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + E. angular.] Containing no angle. [R.]

Anantherous
An•an´ther•ous, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + E. anther.] (Bot.) Destitute of anthers. Gray.

Ananthous
An•an´thous, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + ’a•nqos a flower.] (Bot.) Destitute of flowers; flowerless.

Anapaest
An•a•paest, An•a•paes´tic Same as Anapest, Anapestic.

Anapestic
An•a•pes´tic, a. [L. anapaesticus, Gr. .] Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as an anapestic meter, foot, verse. — n. Anapestic measure or verse.

Anapestical
An•a•pes´tic•al, a. Anapestic.

Anaphora
A•naph´o•ra, n. [L., fr. Gr., fr. to carry up or back; + to carry.] (Rhet.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

Anaphrodisia
An•aph•ro•dis´i•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’an priv. + sexual pleasure, the goddess of love.] (Med.) Absence of sexual appetite.

Anaphrodisiac
An•aph•ro•dis´i•ac, a. & n. [Gr. ’an priv. + pertaining to venery.] (Med.) Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison.

Anaplastic
An•a•plas´tic, a. Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

Anaplasty
An•a•plas•ty, n. [Gr. again + to form: cf. F. anaplastie.] (Surg.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

Anaplerotic
An•a•ple•rot´ic, a. [L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. to fill up; + to fill.] (Med.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. — n. A remedy which promotes such granulation.

Anapnograph
A•nap´no•graph, n. [Gr. respiration + -graph.] A form of spirometer.

Anapnoic
An•ap•no´ic, a. [Gr. respiration.] (Med.) Relating to respiration.

Anapodeictic
An•ap•o•deic´tic, a. [Gr. ; ’an priv. + . See Apodeictic.] Not apodeictic; undemonstrable. [R.]

Anaptotic
An•ap•tot´ic, a. [Gr. back + belonging to case.] Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as anaptotic languages.

Anaptychus
An•ap´ty•chus, n. ; pl. Anaptichi . [NL., fr. Gr. unfolding; back + to fold.] (Paleon.) One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.

Anarch
An´arch, n. [Gr. without head or chief; ’an priv. + beginning, the first place, magistracy, government.] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton.
"Imperial anarchs doubling human woes." - Byron.

Anarchal
A•nar´chal, a. Lawless; anarchical. [R.]
"We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence." - Landor.
{ A•nar´chic, A•nar´chic•al } a. [Cf. F. anarchique.] Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

Anarchism
An´arch•ism, n. [Cf. F. anarchisme.] The doctrine or practice of anarchists.

Anarchist
An´arch•ist, n. [Cf. F. anarchiste.] An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.

Anarchize
An´arch•ize, v. t. To reduce to anarchy.

Anarchy
An´arch•y, n. [Gr. : cf. F. anarchie. See Anarch.]
1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.
"Spread anarchy and terror all around." - Cowper.
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
"There being then … an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their rekoning of years." - Fuller.

Anarthrous
An•ar´throus, a. [Gr. ’a•narqros without joints, without the article; ’an priv. + ’a•rqron joint, the article.]
1. (Gr. Gram.) Used without the article; as an anarthrous substantive.
2. (Zoöl.) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects.

Anas
A´nas, n. [L., duck.] (Zoöl.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.

Anasarca
An•a•sar´ca, n. [NL., from Gr. throughout +,, flesh.] (Med.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.

Anasarcous
An•a•sar´cous, a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman.

Anaseismic
An•a•seis´mic, a. [Cf. Gr. a shaking up and down.] Moving up and down; — said of earthquake shocks.

Anastaltic
An•a•stal´tic (-stal"tik), a. & n. [Gr. ’anastaltiko•s fitted for checking, fr. ’ana• + ste•llein to send.] (Med.) Styptic. [Obs.] Coxe.

Anastate
An´a•state, n. [Gr. up + to make to stand.] (Physiol.) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; — opposed to katastate. Foster.

Anastatic
An•a•stat´ic, a. [Gr. up + to make to stand: cf. causing to stand.] Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates. In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from.

Anastigmatic
An•as•tig•mat´ic, a. [Pref. an- not + astigmatic.] (Optics) Not astigmatic; — said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

Anastomose
A•nas´to•mose, v. i. [ imp. p. p. Anastomozed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Anastomosing.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr. anastomose. See Anastomosis.] (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
"The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels." - I. Taylor.

Anastomose
A•nas´to•mose, v. i. Of any channels or lines, to meet and unite or run into each other, as rivers; to coalesce; to interjoin.

Anastomosis
A•nas•to•mo´sis, n. ; pl. Anastomoses . [NL., fr. Gr. opening, fr. to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; + sto•ma mouth: cf. F. anastomose.] (Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

Anastomotic
A•nas•to•mot´ic, a. Of or pertaining to anastomosis.

Anastrophe
A•nas´tro•phe, n. [Gr., fr. to turn up or back; + to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

Anathema
A•nath´e•ma, n. ; pl. Anathemas . [L. anathma, fr. Gr. anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathma, fr. Gr. a votive offering; all fr. to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; up + to set. See Thesis.]
1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
"[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers." - Priestley.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
"Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]." - Thackeray.
3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
"The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul … says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself." - Locke.
Anathema Maranatha (see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."

Anathematism
A•nath´e•ma•tism, n. [Gr. a cursing; cf. F. anathematisme.] Anathematization. [Obs.]
"We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists." - J. Taylor.

Anathematization
A•nath•e•ma•ti•za´tion, n. [LL. anathematisatio.] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.

Anathematize
A•nath´e•ma•tize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anathematized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing.] [L. anathematizare, Gr. to devote, make accursed: cf. F. anathematiser.] To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.

Anatifa
A•nat´i•fa, n. ; pl. Anatifae . [NL., contr. fr. anatifera. See Anatiferous.] (Zoöl.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia. The term Anatifae, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds.

Anatocism
A•nat´o•cism, n. [L. anatocismus, Gr. ; again + to lend on interest.] (Law) Compound interest. [R.] Bouvier. { An•a•tom´ic, An•a•tom´ic•al } a. [L. anatomicus, Gr. : cf. F. anatomique. See Anatomy.] Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.

Anatomism
A•nat´o•mism, n. [Cf. F. anatomisme.]
1. The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
"The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [ i. e., the French] great figure painters." - The London Spectator.
2. The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.

Anatomist
A•nat´o•mist, n. [Cf. F. anatomiste.] One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.

Anatomization
A•nat•o•mi•za´tion, n. The act of anatomizing.

Anatomize
A•nat´o•mize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anatomized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing.] [Cf. F. anatomiser.]
1. To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.
2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
"If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect." - Hume.

Anatomy
A•nat´o•my, n. ; pl. Anatomies . [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. dissection, fr. to cut up; + to cut.]
1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
"Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy." - Dryden.
"Animal anatomy" is sometimes called zomy; "vegetable anatomy," phytotomy; "human anatomy," anthropotomy. Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals.
3. A treatise or book on anatomy.
4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as the anatomy of a discourse.
5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.
"The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature." - Fuller.
"They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy." - Shak.

Anatreptic
An•a•trep´tic, a. [overturning, fr. to turn up or over; + too turn.] Overthrowing; defeating; — applied to Plato’s refutative dialogues. Enfield.

Anatron
An´a•tron, n. [F. anatron, natron, Sp. anatron, natron, fr. Ar. al- natrun. See Natron, Niter.] [Obs.]
1. Native carbonate of soda; natron.
2. Glass gall or sandiver.
3. Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson. { A•nat´ro•pal, A•nat´ro•pous } a. [Gr. up + to turn.] (Bot.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; — opposed to orthotropous. Gray.

Ancestor
An´ces•tor, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. ancêtre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.]
1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father’s or mother’s side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; — the correlative of heir.

Ancestorially
An•ces•to´ri•al•ly, adv. With regard to ancestors.

Ancestral
An•ces´tral ( 277), a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.

Ancestress
An´ces•tress, n. A female ancestor.

Ancestry
An´ces•try, n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.]
1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
"Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible." - Addison.
2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Anchor light. (Naut.) The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.

Anchor shot. (Billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.

Anchor space. (Billiards) In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3½, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.

Anchor watch. (Naut.) A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.

Anchorable
An´chor•a•ble, a. Fit for anchorage.

Anchorage
An´chor•age, n.
1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.

Anchorage
An´cho•rage, n. Abode of an anchoret.

Anchorate
An´chor•ate, a. Anchor- shaped.

Anchored
An´chored, a.
1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as an anchored bark; also shaped like an anchor; forked; as an anchored tongue.
2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]

Anchoress
An´cho•ress, n. A female anchoret.
"And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt." - Wordsworth.

Anchoret
An´cho•ret, An´cho•rite, n. [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr., fr. to go back, retire; + to give place, retire, place; perh. akin to Skr. ha to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.]
"Our Savior himself … did not choose an anchorite’s or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals." - Boyle.
{ An•cho•ret´ic, An•cho•ret´ic•al } a. [Cf. Gr. .] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.

Anchoretism
An´cho•ret•ism, n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.

Anchor-hold
An´chor-hold, n.
1. The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
2. Hence: Firm hold: security.

Anchorite
An´cho•rite, n. Same as Anchoret.

Anchorless
An´chor•less, a. Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Anchovy
An•cho´vy (an•cho"vy), n. [Sp. anchoa, anchova, or Pg. anchova, prob. of Iberian origin, and lit. a dried or pickled fish, fr. Bisc. antzua dry: cf. D. anchovis, F. anchois.] (Zoöl.) A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family ( Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

Anchovy pear
An•cho"vy pear (an•cho"vy pâr•). (Bot.) A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also the tree ( Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.

Anchusin
An´chu•sin, n. [L. anchusa the plant alkanet, Gr. .] (Chem.) A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.

Anchylose
An´chy•lose, v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Anchylosed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Anchylosing.] [Cf. F. ankyloser.] To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one. [Spelt also ankylose.] Owen.

Anchylotic
An•chy•lot´ic, a. Of or pertaining to anchylosis.

Ancient
An´cient, a. [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See Ante-, pref.]
1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; — opposed to modern; as ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
"Witness those ancient empires of the earth." - Milton.
"Gildas Albanius … much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise." - Fuller.
2. Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as an ancient forest; an ancient castle. "Our ancient bickerings." Shak.
"Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy fathers have set." - Prov. xxii. 28.
"An ancient man, strangely habited, asked for quarters." - Scott.
3. Known for a long time, or from early times; — opposed to recent or new; as the ancient continent.
"A friend, perhaps, or an ancient acquaintance." - Barrow.
4. Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable. [Archaic]
"He wrought but some few hours of the day, and then would he seem very grave and ancient." - Holland.
5. Experienced; versed. [Obs.]
"Though [he] was the youngest brother, yet he was the most ancient in the business of the realm." - Berners.
6. Former; sometime. [Obs.]
"They mourned their ancient leader lost." - Pope.
Ancient demesne (Eng. Law), a tenure by which all manors belonging to the crown, in the reign of William the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. — Ancient lights (Law), windows and other openings which have been enjoined without molestation for more than twenty years. In England, and in some of the United States, they acquire a prescriptive right.
Syn. — Old; primitive; pristine; antique; antiquated; old- fashioned; obsolete. — Ancient, Antiquated, Obsolete, Antique, Antic, Old. — Ancient is opposed to modern, and has antiquity; as an ancient family, ancient landmarks, ancient institutions, systems of thought, etc. Antiquated describes that which has gone out of use or fashion; as antiquated furniture, antiquated laws, rules, etc. Obsolete is commonly used, instead of antiquated, in reference to language, customs, etc.; as an obsolete word or phrase, an obsolete expression. Antique is applied, in present usage, either to that which has come down from the ancients; as an antique cameo, bust, etc. ; or to that which is made to imitate some ancient work of art; as an antique temple. In the days of Shakespeare, antique was often used for ancient; as "an antique song," "an antique Roman;" and hence, from singularity often attached to what is ancient, it was used in the sense of grotesque; as "an oak whose antique root peeps out; " and hence came our present word antic, denoting grotesque or ridiculous. We usually apply both ancient and old to things subject to gradual decay. We say, an old man, an ancient record; but never, the old stars, an old river or mountain. In general, however, ancient is opposed to modern, and old to new, fresh, or recent. When we speak of a thing that existed formerly, which has ceased to exist, we commonly use ancient; as ancient republics, ancient heroes; and not old republics, old heroes. But when the thing which began or existed in former times is still in existence, we use either ancient or old; as ancient statues or paintings, or old statues or paintings; ancient authors, or old authors, meaning books.

Ancient
An´cient, n.
1. pl. Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
"The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof." - Isa. iii. 14.
3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.]
"Junius and Andronicus … in Christianity … were his ancients." - Hooker.
4. pl. (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. Brande.

Ancient
An´cient, n. [Corrupted from ensign.]
1. An ensign or flag. [Obs.]
"More dishonorable ragged than an old-faced ancient." - Shak.
2. The bearer of a flag; an ensign. [Obs.]
"This is Othello’s ancient, as I take it." - Shak.

Anciently
An´cient•ly, adv.
1. In ancient times.
2. In an ancient manner. [R.]

Ancientness
An´cient•ness, n. The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.

Ancientry
An´cient•ry, n.
1. Antiquity; what is ancient.
"They contain not word of ancientry." - West.
2. Old age; also old people. [R.]
"Wronging the ancientry." - Shak.
3. Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
"A gentleman of more ancientry than estate." - Fuller.

Ancienty
An´cient•y, n. [F. anciennete, fr. ancien. See Ancient.]
1. Age; antiquity. [Obs.] Martin.
2. Seniority. [Obs.]

Ancillary
An´cil•la•ry, a. [L. ancillaris, fr. ancilla a female servant.] Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
"The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province." - Hallam.

Ancillary administration
An"cil•la•ry ad•min•is•tra"tion. (Law) An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

Ancille
An•cille´, n. [OF. ancelle, L. ancilla.] A maidservant; a handmaid. [Obs.] Chaucer. { An•cip´i•tal, An•cip´i•tous } a. [L. anceps, ancipitis, two-headed, double; an- for amb- on both sides + caput head.] (Bot.) Two-edged instead of round; — said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Ancistroid
An•cis´troid, a. [Gr. ; a hook + shape.] Hook-shaped.

Ancle
An´cle, n. See Ankle.

Ancon
An´con (an"kom), n. ; L. pl. Ancones . [L., fr. Gr. ’agkw•n the bent arm, elbow; any hook or bend.] (Anat.) The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; — called also the otter breed. { An´con, An´cone } n. [See Ancon, above.] (Arch.) (a) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt. (b) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console. { An´co•nal, An•co´ne•al } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

Anconoid
An´co•noid, a. Elbowlike; anconal.

Ancony
An´co•ny, n. [Origin unknown.] (Iron Work) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

And, conj. [AS. and; akin to OS. endi, Icel. enda, OHG. anti, enti, inti, unti, G. und, D. en, OD. ende. Cf, An if, Ante-.]
1. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as "there are women and women," that is, two very different sorts of women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of which is modificatory of the other, are connected by and; as "the tediousness and process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair and outward character," that is, thy outwardly fair character, Schmidt’s Shak. Lex.
2. In order to; — used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
"At least to try and teach the erring soul." - Milton.
3. It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
"When that I was and a little tiny boy." - Shak.
4. If; though. See An, conj. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"As they will set an house on fire, and it were but to roast their eggs." - Bacon.
And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. ( et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.

Andalusite
An•da•lu´site, n. (Min.) A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

Andante
An•dan´te, a. [It. andante, p. pr. of andare to go.] (Mus.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. — n. A movement or piece in andante time.

Andantino
An•dan•ti´no, a. [It., dim. of andante.] (Mus.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto. Some, taking andante in its original sense of "going," and andantino as its diminutive, or "less going," define the latter as slower than andante.

Andarac
An´da•rac, n. [A corruption of sandarac.] Red orpiment. Coxe.

Andean
An•de´an, a. Pertaining to the Andes.

Andesine
An´des•ine, n. (Min.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.

Andesite
An´des•ite, n. (Min.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

Andine
An´dine, a. Andean; as Andine flora.

Andiron
And´i•ron, n. [OE. anderne, aunderne, aundyre, OF. andier, F. landier, fr. LL. andena, andela, anderia, of unknown origin. The Eng. was prob. confused with brand-iron, AS. brand- isen.] A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as a pair of andirons.

Andranatomy
An•dra•nat´o•my, n. [Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + : cf. F. andranatomie. See Anatomy, Androtomy.] The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. Coxe.

Andrœcium
An•drœ"ci•um, n. [NL., from Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + house.] (bot.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

Androgyne
An´dro•gyne, n.
1. An hermaphrodite.
2. (Bot.) An androgynous plant. Whewell. { An•drog´y•nous, An•drog´y•nal } a. [L. androgynus, Gr. ; ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + gynh• woman: cf. F. androgyne.]
1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen.
"The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous." - Coleridge.
2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster. { An•drog´y•ny, An•drog´y•nism } n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. { An´droid (an"droid), An•droi´des (an•droi"dez), } n. [Gr. ’androeidh•s of man’s form; ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + e’i^dos form.] A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

Android
An´droid, a. Resembling a man.

Andromeda
An•drom´e•da, n. [L., fr. Gr., the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus.]
1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.

Andron
An´dron, n. [L. andron, Gr., fr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man.] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

Andropetalous
An•dro•pet´al•ous, a. [Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + leaf.] (Bot.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.

Androphagi
An•droph´a•gi, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ; ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + to eat.] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]

Androphagous
An•droph´a•gous, a. Anthropophagous.

Androphore
An´dro•phore, n. [Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + to bear.]
1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

Andropogon
An•dro•po´gon, n. [NL.; Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + pw•gwn the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schœnanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.

Androsphinx
An´dro•sphinx, n. [Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + sphinx.] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

Androspore
An´dro•spore, n. [Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, a man + a seed.] (Bot.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions.

Androtomous
An•drot´o•mous, a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

Androtomy
An•drot´o•my, n. [Gr. ’anh•r, ’andro•s, man + a cutting. Cf. Anatomy.] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [R.]

Anear
A•near´, prep. & adv. [Pref. a. + near.] Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge.
"The measure of misery anear us." - I. Taylor.

Anear
A•near´, v. t. & i. To near; to approach. [Archaic]

Aneath
A•neath´, prep. & adv. [Pref. a. + neath for beneath.] Beneath. [Scot.]

Anecdotage
An´ec•do•tage, n. Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
"All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies." - De Quincey.

Anecdotal
An´ec•do•tal, a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as anecdotal conversation.

Anecdote
An´ec•dote, n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. not published; ’an priv. + given out, to give out, to publish; out + to give. See Dose, n. ]
1. pl. Unpublished narratives. Burke.
2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life. { An•ec•dot´ic, An•ec•dot´ic•al } a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. "Anecdotical traditions." Bolingbroke.

Anelace
An´e•lace, n. Same as Anlace.

Anelectrode
An•e•lec´trode, n. [Gr. up + E. electrode.] (Elec.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

Anelectrotonus
An•e•lec•trot´o•nus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. up + E. electrotonus.] (Physiol.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.

Anemogram
A•nem´o•gram, n. [Gr. wind + - gram.] A record made by an anemograph.

Anemograph
A•nem´o•graph (-graf), n. [Gr. wind + -graph.] An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.

Anemographic
A•nem•o•graph´ic (a•nem•o•graf"ik), a. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.

Anemography
An•e•mog´ra•phy, n. [Gr. wind + -graphy.]
1. A description of the winds.
2. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.

Anemology
An•e•mol´o•gy, n. [Gr. wind + - logy.] The science of the wind.

Anemometer
An•e•mom´e•ter, n. [Gr. wind + - meter.] An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge. { An•e•mo•met´ric, An•e•mo•met´ric•al } a. Of or pertaining to anemometry.

Anemometrograph
An•e•mo•met´ro•graph, n. [ Anemometer + -graph.] An anemograph. Knight.

Anemometry
An•e•mom´e•try, n. The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.

Anemone
A•nem´o•ne, n. [L. anemone, Gr., fr. wind.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
2. (Zoöl.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. This word is sometimes pronounced an•e•mo"ne, especially by classical scholars.

Anemonin
A•nem´o•nin, n. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

Anemony
A•nem´o•ny, n. See Anemone. Sandys.

Anemoscope
A•nem´o•scope, n. [Gr. wind + - scope: cf. F. anemoscope.] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; — usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. { An•en•ce•phal´ic, An•en•ceph´a•lous } a. [Gr., priv. + the brain: cf. Encephalon.] (Zoöl.) Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B. { A•nenst´, A•nent´ } prep. [OE. anent, anentis, anence, anens, anents, AS. onefen, onemn; a. , on, on + efen even, equal; hence meaning, on an equality with, even with, beside. See Even, a. ] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
1. Over against; as he lives anent the church.
2. About; concerning; in respect; as he said nothing anent this particular.

Anenterous
An•en´ter•ous, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + intestine, within, in.] (Zoöl.) Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.

Aneroid
An´e•roid, a. [Gr. ’a priv. + nhro•s wet, moist + -oid: cf. F. aneroïde.] Containing no liquid; — said of a kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

Aneroid
An´e•roid, n. An aneroid barometer.

Anes (anz), adv. Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Anesthesia
An•es•the´si•a, n. , An•es•thet´ic a. Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.

Aneurism
An´eu•rism, n. [Gr.,, a widening, an opening; up + wide.] (Med.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]

Aneurismal
An•eu•ris´mal, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]

Anew
A•new´, adv. [Pref. a. + new.] Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden.

Anfractuose
An•frac´tu•ose ( 135), a. [See Anfractuous.] Anfractuous; as anfractuose anthers.

Anfractuous
An•frac´tu•ous, a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; an-, for amb- + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as the anfractuous spires of a born. — An•frac´tu•ous•ness, n.

Anfracture
An•frac´ture, n. A mazy winding.

Angariation
An•ga´ri•a´tion, n. [LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr. ’a•ggaros (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches.] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.] Speed.

Angeiology
An•gei•ol´o•gy, n. , An•gei•ot´o•my, etc. Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.>

Angelet
An´gel•et, n. [OF. angelet.] A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. Eng. Cyc.

Angelhood
An´gel•hood, n. The state of being an angel; angelic nature. Mrs. Browning. { An•gel´ic, An•gel´ic•al } a. [L. angelicus, Gr. : cf. F. angelique.] Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps." Thomson. "Angelical actions." Hooker.
"The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience." - Macaulay.
Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; — so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie.

Angelic
An•gel´ic, a. [From Angelica.] (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

Angelicalness
An•gel´ic•al•ness, n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.

Angelify
An•gel´i•fy, v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647).

Angelize
An´gel•ize, v. t. To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.
"It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man." - W. Taylor.

Angellike
An´gel•like, a. & adv. Resembling an angel.

Angelolatry
An•gel•ol´a•try, n. [Gr. angel + service, worship.] Worship paid to angels.

Angelology
An•gel•ol´o•gy, n. [L. angelus, Gr. + -logy.] A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.
"The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology." - Milman.

Angelophany
An•gel•oph´a•ny, n. [Gr. angel + to appear.] The actual appearance of an angel to man.

Angelot
An´ge•lot, n. [F. angelot, LL. angelotus, angellotus, dim. of angelus. See Angel.]
1. A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]
2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.
3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.

Anger
An´ger (an"ger), n. [OE. anger, angre, affliction, anger, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger regret, Swed. ånger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L. angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr. ’a•gchein to strangle, Skr. amhas pain, and to E. anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze. rad.3.]
1. Trouble; vexation; also physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.]
"I made the experiment, setting the moxa where … the greatest anger and soreness still continued." - Temple.
2. A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one’s self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
"Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him." - Shak.
Syn. — Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. — Anger, Indignation, Resentment, Wrath, Ire, Rage, Fury. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of anger in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc., in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed personal wrongs with a deep and lasting anger. See Resentment. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; and fury is an excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the soul to be regarded only with abhorrence.

Anger
An´ger, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Angered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Angering.] [Cf. Icel. angra.]
1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.]
"He … angereth malign ulcers." - Bacon.
2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
"Taxes and impositions … which rather angered than grieved the people." - Clarendon.

Angevine
An´ge•vine, a. [F. Angevin.] Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. — n. A native of Anjou.

Angienchyma
An•gi•en´chy•ma, n. [Gr. receptacle + . Formed like Parenchyma.] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.

Angiocarpous
An•gi•o•car´pous (an•ji•o•kär"pus), a. [ Angio- + Gr. karpo•s fruit.] (Bot.) (a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.

Angiography
An•gi•og´ra•phy, n. [ Angio- + -graphy: cf. F. angiographie.] (Anat.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Angiology
An•gi•ol´o•gy (-ol"o•jy), n. [ Angio- + -logy.] (Anat.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Angioma
An•gi•o´ma (-o"ma), n. [ Angio- + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.

Angioma
An•gi•o´ma, n. ; L. pl.-omata (#). [NL.; angio- + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood or lymph vessels. — An•gi•om´a•tous (#), a.

Angiomonospermous
An•gi•o•mon•o•sper´mous (an•ji•o•mon•o•sper"mus), a. [ Angio- + monospermous.] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

Angioneurosis
An•gi•o•neu•ro´sis, n. [NL.; angio- + neurosis.] (Med.) Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. — An•gi•o•neu•rot´ic (#), a.

Angiopathy
An•gi•op´a•thy, n. [ Angio- + Gr. disease.] (Med.) Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.

Angioscope
An´gi•o•scope (an"ji•o•skop), n. [ Angio- + -scope.] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

Angiosperm
An´gi•o•sperm (-an"ji•o•sperm), n. [ Angio- + Gr.,, seed.] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms.

Angiospermatous
An•gi•o•sper´ma•tous (an•ji•o•sper"ma•tus), a. (Bot.) Same as Angiospermous.

Angiosporous
An•gi•os´po•rous, a. [ Angio- + spore.] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.

Angiostomous
An•gi•os´to•mous, a. [ Angio- + Gr. mouth.] (Zoöl.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

Angiotomy
An•gi•ot´o•my, n. [ Angio- + Gr. a cutting.] (Anat.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.

Angle
An´gle (an"g’l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. ’agky•los bent, crooked, angular, ’a•gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.]
1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
"Into the utmost angle of the world." - Spenser.
"To search the tenderest angles of the heart." - Milton.
2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
"Though but an angle reached him of the stone." - Dryden.
4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] Chaucer.
5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
"Give me mine angle: we ’ll to the river there." - Shak.
"A fisher next his trembling angle bears." - Pope.
Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90°. — Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. — Alternate angles. See Alternate. — Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. — Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. — Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight. — Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. — Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. — Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. — Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. — Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines. — External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. — Facial angle. See under Facial. — Internal angles, those which are within any right- lined figure. — Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line. — Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. — Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90°. — Optic angle. See under Optic. — Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines. — Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90° (measured by a quarter circle). — Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. — Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. — Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. — For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.

Angle
An´gle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Angled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Angling .]
1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as to angle for praise.
"The hearts of all that he did angle for." - Shak.

Angle
An´gle, v. t. To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] "He angled the people’s hearts." Sir P. Sidney.

Angle of entry
An"gle of en"try. (Aëronautics) The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aërocurve) and the line of motion; — contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion.

Angle of incidence. (Aëronautics) The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current.

Angled
An´gled, a. Having an angle or angles; — used in compounds; as right- angled, many- angled, etc.
"The thrice three- angled beechnut shell." - Bp. Hall.

Anglemeter
An´gle•me•ter, n. [ Angle + - meter.] An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

Angler
An´gler, n.
1. One who angles.
2. (Zoöl.) A fish ( Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

Angles
An´gles, n. pl. [L. Angli. See Anglican.] (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

Anglewise
An´gle•wise, adv. [ Angle + wise, OE. wise manner.] In an angular manner; angularly.

Angleworm
An´gle•worm, n. (Zoöl.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

Anglic
An´glic, a. Anglian.

Anglican
An´gli•can, a. [ Angli the Angles, a Germanic tribe in Lower Germany. Cf. English.]
1. English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.

Anglican
An´gli•can, n.
1. A member of the Church of England.
"Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists." - Burke.
2. In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.

Anglicanism
An´gli•can•ism, n.
1. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
2. The principles of the established church of England; also in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.
3. Attachment to England or English institutions.

Anglice
An´gli•ce, adv. [NL.] In English; in the English manner; as Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.

Anglicify
An•glic´i•fy, v. t. [NL. Anglicus English + -fly.] To anglicize. [R.]

Anglicity
An•glic´i•ty, n. The state or quality of being English.

Anglicization
An•gli•ci•za´tion, n. The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.

Anglicize
An´gli•cize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anglicized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Anglicizing.] To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

Anglo-
An´glo- [NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.] A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. — n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States. Anglo-Danish, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England. Anglo-Indian, a. Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. — n. One of the Anglo- Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. — n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England. Anglo-Saxon. See Anglo-Saxon in the Vocabulary.

Anglo-Catholicism
An´glo-Ca•thol´i•cism, n. The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant.

Anglomania
An´glo•ma´ni•a, n. [ Anglo’cf + mania.] A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.

Anglomaniac
An•glo•ma´ni•ac, n. One affected with Anglomania.

Anglophobia
An•glo•pho´bi•a, n. [Anglo- + Gr. fear.] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. — An´glo•phobe, n.

Anglo-Saxon
An´glo-Sax´on, n. [L. Angli- Saxones English Saxons.]
1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.
2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
"It is quite correct to call AEthelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of AEthelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense." - E. A. Freeman.
3. The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.

Anglo-Saxon
An´glo-Sax´on, a. Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.

Anglo-Saxondom
An´glo-Sax´on•dom, n. The Anglo- Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo- Saxon race.

Anglo-Saxonism
An´glo-Sax´on•ism, n.
1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. M. Arnold.
2. The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.

Angola
An•go´la, n. [A corruption of Angora.] A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.

Angola pea
An•go"la pea . (Bot.) A tropical plant ( Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; — so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

Angor
An´gor (an"gor), n. [L. See Anger.] (Med.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

Angoumois moth
An•gou•mois" moth" ( 115). [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zoöl.) A small moth ( Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.

Angrily
An´gri•ly, adv. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

Angriness
An´gri•ness, n. The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.
"Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything." - Whole Duty of Man.

Angry
An´gry, a. [ Compar. Angrier ; superl. Angriest.] [See Anger.]
1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.]
"God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit." - Jer. Taylor.
2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; — followed generally by with before a person, and a. before a thing.
"Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves." - Gen. xlv. 5.
"Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice?" - Eccles. v. 6.
4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." Prov. xxv. 23.
5. Red. [R.]
"Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave." - Herbert.
6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.]
"I never ate with angrier appetite." - Tennyson.
Syn. — Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.

Anguilliform
An•guil´li•form, a. [L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form.] Eel- shaped. The "Anguillaeformes" of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel.

Anguine
An´guine, a. [L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.

Anguineal
An•guin´e•al, a. Anguineous.

Anguineous
An•guin´e•ous, a. [L. anguineus.] Snakelike.

Anguish
An´guish, n. [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
"But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage." - Ex. vi. 9.
"Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child." - Jer. iv. 31.
Rarely used in the plural: -
"Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him."Latimer.
Syn. — Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.

Anguish
An´guish, v. t. [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.

Angular
An´gu•lar, a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle.]
1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as an angular figure.
2. Measured by an angle; as angular distance.
3. Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture, Distance. — Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. — Angular point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. — Angular velocity, the ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.

Angular
An´gu•lar, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Angularity
An•gu•lar´i•ty, n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

Angularly
An´gu•lar•ly, adv. In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.

Angularness
An´gu•lar•ness, n. The quality of being angular. { An´gu•late, An´gu•la•ted } a. [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.] Having angles or corners; angled; as angulate leaves.

Angulate
An´gu•late, v. t. To make angular.

Angulation
An•gu•la´tion, n. A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.

Angulo-dentate
An´gu•lo-den´tate, a. . [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.

Angulometer
An´gu•lom´e•ter, n. [L. angulus angle + -meter.] An instrument for measuring external angles.

Angulose
An´gu•lose, a. Angulous. [R.]

Angulosity
An•gu•los´i•ty, n. A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]

Angulous
An´gu•lous, a. [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.] Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.]
"Held together by hooks and angulous involutions." - Glanvill.

Angust
An•gust´, a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]

Angustation
An•gus•ta´tion, n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman. { An•gus•ti•fo´li•ate (an•gus•ti•fo"li•at), An•gus•ti•fo´li•ous (an•gus•ti•fo"li•us), } a. [L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright.

Angustura bark
An•gus•tu"ra bark . See Angostura bark.

Anhang
An•hang´, v. t. [AS. onhangian.] To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Anharmonic
An•har•mon´ic, a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. ’an priv. + harmonic.] (Math.) Not harmonic. The anharmonic function or ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity ( ac/ad):( bc/bd), where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.

Anhelation
An•he•la´tion, n. [L. anhelatio, fr. anhelare to pant; a. (perh. akin to E. on) + halare to breathe: cf. F. anhelation.] Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.

Anhele
An•hele´, v. i. [Cf. OF. aneler, anheler. See Anhelation.] To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager ( for). [Obs.]
"They anhele … for the fruit of our convocation." - Latimer.

Anhelous
An•he´lous, a. [L. anhelus.] Short of breath; panting.

Anhima
An´hi•ma, n. [Brazilian name.] A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi ( Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

Anhistous
An•his´tous, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + "isto•s web, tissue: cf. F. anhiste.] (Biol.) Without definite structure; as an anhistous membrane.

Anhungered
An•hun´gered, a. Ahungered; longing. [Archaic]

Anhydride
An•hy´dride, n. [See Anhydrous.] (Chem.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; — so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Ani
A´ni or A´no, n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida ( Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.

Anicut
An´i•cut, An´ni•cut, n. [Tamil anai kattu dam building.] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] Brande & C.

Anidiomatical
An•id•i•o•mat´ic•al, a. [Gr. ’an priv. + E. idiomatical.] Not idiomatic. [R.] Landor. { An´i•ent, An•i•en´tise } v. t. [OF. anientir, F. aneantir.] To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Anigh
A•nigh´, prep. & adv. [Pref. a. + nigh.] Nigh. [Archaic] { A•night´, A•nights´ } adv. [OE. on niht.] In the night time; at night. [Archaic]
"Does he hawk anights still?" - Marston.

Anil
An´il, n. [F. anil, Sp. anil, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar. an-nil, for al-nil the indigo plant, fr. Skr. nila dark blue, nili indigo, indigo plant. Cf. Lilac.] (Bot.) A West Indian plant ( Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also the indigo dye.

Anileness
An´ile•ness, n. Anility. [R.]

Anilic
An•il´ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; — applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]

Anilide
An´i•lide, n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.

Aniline
An´i•line ( 277), n. [See Anil.] (Chem.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

Aniline
An´i•line, a. Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.

Anilinism
An´i•lin•ism, n. [ Aniline + -ism.] (Med.) A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

Anility
A•nil´i•ty, n. [L. anilitas. See Anile.] The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. "Marks of anility." Sterne.

Animadversion
An•i•mad•ver´sion, n. [L. animadversio, fr. animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert.]
1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [Obs.]
"The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called." - Glanvill.
2. Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.
3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
"He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions." - Clarendon.
4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.
Syn. — Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment.

Animadvert
An•i•mad•vert´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Animadverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Animadverting.] [L. animadvertere; animus mind + advertere to turn to; a. to + vertere to turn.]
1. To take notice; to observe; — commonly followed by that. Dr. H. More.
2. To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; — with on or upon.
"I should not animadvert on him … if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare." - Dryden.
3. To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [Archaic] Grew.
Syn. — To remark; comment; criticise; censure.

Animal
An´i•mal, n. [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. animal. See Animate.]
1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as men and animals.

Animal
An´i•mal, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
1. Of or relating to animals; as animal functions.
2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as the animal passions or appetites.
3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as animal food. Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism. — Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. — Animal flower (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. — Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. — Animal spirits. See under Spirit. — Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers. The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: — Vertebrata , including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata ( Craniota); and Leptocardia ( Acrania). Tunicata , including the Thaliacea, and Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa , including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea ( Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea ( Anarthropoda). Helminthes or Vermes , including Rotifera, Chaetognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. Molluscoidea , including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa. Mollusca , including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala. Echinodermata , including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. Cœlenterata , including Anthozoa or Polyps, Ctenophora, and Hydrozoa or Acalephs. Spongiozoa or Porifera , including the sponges. Protozoa , including Infusoria and Rhizopoda. For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary. { An•i•mal´cu•lar, An•i•mal´cu•line } a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcular life." Tyndall.

Animalculist
An•i•mal´cu•list, n. [Cf. F. animalculiste.]
1. One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith.
2. A believer in the theory of animalculism.

Animalculum
An•i•mal´cu•lum, n. ; pl. Animalcula . [NL. See Animalcule.] An animalcule. Animalculae, as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a barbarism.

Animalism
An´i•mal•ism, n. [Cf. F. animalisme.] The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

Animality
An•i•mal´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. animalite.] Animal existence or nature. Locke.

Animalization
An•i•mal•i•za´tion, n. [Cf. F. animalisation.]
1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen.

Animalize
An´i•mal•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Animalized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing.] [Cf. F. animaliser.]
1. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form. Warburton.
2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.
"The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy." - Coleridge.

Animalness
An´i•mal•ness, n. Animality. [R.]

Animastic
An•i•mas´tic, a. [L. anima breath, life.] Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.

Animastic
An•i•mas´tic, n. Psychology. [Obs.]

Animate
An´i•mate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. wind, Skr. a. to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire ( us- out), Icel. önd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal.]
1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as the soul animates the body.
2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as to animate a lyre. Dryden.
3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
"The more to animate the people, he stood on high … and cried unto them with a loud voice." - Knolles.
Syn. — To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.

Animate
An´i•mate, a. [L. animatus, p. p.] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
"The admirable structure of animate bodies." - Bentley.

Animated
An´i•ma•ted, a. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

Animatedly
An´i•ma•ted•ly, adv. With animation.

Animater
An´i•ma•ter, n. One who animates. De Quincey.

Animating
An´i•ma´ting, a. Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. "Animating cries." Pope. — An´i•ma•ting•ly, adv.

Animation
An•i•ma´tion, n. [L. animatio, fr. animare.]
1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
"The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame." - Bp. Hall.
"Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation." - Landor.
2. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as he recited the story with great animation. Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.
Syn. — Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy. See Liveliness.

Animator
An´i•ma•tor, n. [L. animare.] One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne.

Anime
A´ni•me, a. [F., animated.] (Her.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; — said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.

Anime
A´ni•me, n. [F. anime animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.] A resin exuding from a tropical American tree ( Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. Ure.

Animism
An´i•mism, n. [Cf. F. animisme, fr. L. anima soul. See Animate.]
1. The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
2. The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter. Tylor.

Animistic
An•i•mis´tic, a. Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor. { An•i•mose´, An´i•mous } a. [L. animosus, fr. animus soul, spirit, courage.] Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [Obs.] Ash.

Animoseness
An•i•mose´ness, n. Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]

Animosity
An•i•mos´i•ty, n. ; pl. Animosities . [F. animosite, fr. L. animositas. See Animose, Animate, v. t.]
1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton.
"Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth." - Holland.
2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Macaulay.
Syn. — Enmity; hatred; opposition. — Animosity, Enmity. Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between opposing parties. The animosities which were continually springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for successive ages. The animosities which have been engendered among Christian sects have always been the reproach of the church.
"Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable." - Spectator.
"[These] factions … never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government." - Hume.

Anion
An´i•on, n. [Gr., neut., p. pr. of to go up; up + to go.] (Chem.) An electro- negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; — opposed to cation. Faraday.

Aniseed
An´i•seed, n. The seed of the anise; also a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Brande & C.

Anisette
An•i•sette´, n. [F.] A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.

Anisic
A•nis´ic, a. Of or derived from anise; as anisic acid; anisic alcohol. { An•i•so•dac´ty•la, An•i•so•dac´tyls } n. pl. [NL. anisodactyla, fr. Gr. ’a•nisos unequal (’an priv. + ’i•sos equal) + da•ktylos finger.] (Zoöl.) (a) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc. (b) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

Anisocoria
An•i•so•co´ri•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. + pupil.] (Med.) Inequality of the pupils of the eye.

Anisodactylous
An•i•so•dac´ty•lous, a. (Zoöl.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.

Anisol
An´i•sol, n. [ Anisic + - ol.] (Chem.) Methyl phenyl ether, C₆H₅OCH₃, got by distilling anisic acid or by the action of methide on potassium phenolate.

Anisomeric
An•i•so•mer´ic, a. [Gr. unequal + part.] (Chem.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.

Anisomerous
An•i•som´er•ous, a. [See Anisomeric.] (Bot.) Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.

Anisometropia
An•i•so•me•tro´pi•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. + measure +,, eye.] Unequal refractive power in the two eyes.

Anisopetalous
An•i•so•pet´al•ous, a. [Gr. unequal + leaf.] (Bot.) Having unequal petals.

Anisophyllous
An•i•soph´yl•lous, a. [Gr. unequal + leaf.] (Bot.) Having unequal leaves.

Anisopleura
An•i•so•pleu´ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. unequal + side.] (Zoöl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

Anisopoda
An•i•sop´o•da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. unequal + -poda.] (Zoöl.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

Anisospore
An´i•so•spore, n. [Gr. priv. + isospore.] (Biol.) A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size; — opposed to isospore.

Anisostemonous
An•i•so•stem´o•nous, a. [Gr. unequal + warp, thread; to stand.] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

Anisosthenic
An•i•so•sthen´ic, a. [Gr. unequal + strength.] Of unequal strength. { An´i•so•trope•, An•i•so•trop´ic } a. [Gr. unequal + a turning, to turn.] (Physics) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.

Anisotropous
An•i•sot´ro•pous, a. Anisotropic.

Anisyl
An´i•syl, n. (Org. Chem.) (a) The univalent radical, CH₃OC₆H₄, of which anisol is the hydride. (b) The univalent radical CH₃OC₆H₄CH₂; as anisyl alcohol. (c) The univalent radical CH₃OC₆H₄CO, of anisic acid.

Anito
A•ni´to, n. ; pl. - tos (#). [Sp.] In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.

Anker
An´ker, n. [D. anker: cf. LL. anceria, ancheria.] A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8½ imperial gallons.

Ankerite
An´ker•ite, n. [So called from Prof. Anker of Austria: cf. F. ankerite, G. ankerit.] (Min.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.

Ankh, n. [Egypt.] (Egypt. Archaeol.) A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.

Ankle
An´kle (an"k’l), n. [OE. ancle, anclow, AS. ancleow; akin to Icel. ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: cf. Skr. anga limb, anguri finger. Cf. Haunch.] The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

Anklet
An´klet, n. An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

Ankus
An´kus, n. [Hind., fr. Skr. ankuça.] An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

Ankylose
An´ky•lose, v. t. & i. Same as Anchylose.

Anlace
An´lace, n. [Origin unknown.] A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written also anelace.] { Ann, An´nat } n. [LL. annata income of a year, also of half a year, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annate annats.] (Scots Law) A half years’s stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister’s heirs after his decease.

Anlaut
An´laut, n. [G.; a. on + laut sound.] (Phon.) An initial sound, as of a word or syllable. — Im anlaut, initially; when initial; — used of sounds.

Anna
An´na, n. [Hindi ana.] An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2 cents.

Annal
An´nal, n. See Annals.

Annalistic
An•nal•is´tic, a. Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as the dry annalistic style."A stiff annalistic method." Sir G. C. Lewis.

Annalize
An´nal•ize, v. t. To record in annals. Sheldon.

Annals
An´nals, n. pl. [L. annalis (sc. liber), and more frequently in the pl. annales (sc. libri), chronicles, fr. annus year. Cf. Annual.]
1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. "Annals the revolution." Macaulay. "The annals of our religion." Rogers.
2. Historical records; chronicles; history.
"The short and simple annals of the poor." - Gray.
"It was one of the most critical periods in our annals." - Burke.
3. sing. The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal." Young.
4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."
Syn. — History. See History. { An´nats, An´nates } n. pl. [See Ann.] (Eccl. Law) The first year’s profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

Annealing
An•neal´ing, n.
1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.

Annectent
An•nec´tent, a. [L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex.] Connecting; annexing. Owen. { An•ne•lid, An•nel´i•dan } a. [F. annelide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. — n. One of the Annelida.

Annellata
An•nel•la´ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) See Annelida.

Annex
An•nex´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annexed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing.] [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; a. + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind.]
1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; — followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.
2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
"He annexed a province to his kingdom." - Johnson.
3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
Syn. — To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.

Annex
An•nex´, v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke.

Annex
An•nex´, n. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.] Something annexed or appended; as an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

Annexation
An•nex•a´tion, n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.]
1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton.

Annexer
An•nex´er, n. One who annexes.

Annexion
An•nex´ion, n. [L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion.] Annexation. [R.] Shak.

Annexionist
An•nex´ion•ist, n. An annexationist. [R.]

Annexment
An•nex´ment, n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [R.] Shak.

Annihilable
An•ni´hi•la•ble, a. Capable of being annihilated.

Annihilate
An•ni´hi•late, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; a. + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum ( filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
"It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated." - Bacon.
2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army." Macaulay.
3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

Annihilate
An•ni´hi•late (an•ni"hi•lat), a. Annihilated. [Archaic] Swift.

Annihilation
An•ni•hi•la´tion, n. [Cf. F. annihilation.]
1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as the annihilation of a corporation.
2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker.

Annihilationist
An•ni•hi•la´tion•ist, n. (Theol.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

Annihilative
An•ni´hi•la•tive, a. Serving to annihilate; destructive.

Annihilator
An•ni´hi•la•tor, n. One who, or that which, annihilates; as a fire annihilator.

Annihilatory
An•ni´hi•la•to•ry, a. Annihilative.

Anniversarily
An•ni•ver´sa•ri•ly, adv. Annually. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Anniversary
An•ni•ver´sa•ry, a. [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as an anniversary feast. Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n. , 2. — Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

Anniversary
An•ni•ver´sa•ry, n. ; pl. Anniversaries . [Cf. F. anniversaire.]
1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden.

Anniverse
An´ni•verse, n. [L. anni versus the turning of a year.] Anniversary. [Obs.] Dryden.

Anno Domini
An"no Dom"i•ni . [L., in the year of [our] Lord [Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a. d.] In the year of the Christian era; as a. d. 1887.

Annominate
An•nom´i•nate, v. t. To name. [R.]

Annomination
An•nom•i•na´tion, n. [L. annominatio. See Agnomination.]
1. Paronomasia; punning.
2. Alliteration. [Obs.] Tyrwhitt.

Annotation
An•no•ta´tion, n. [L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation.] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; — usually in the plural; as annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

Annotationist
An•no•ta´tion•ist, n. An annotator. [R.]

Annotative
An´no•ta•tive, a. Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.

Annotator
An´no•ta•tor, n. [L.] A writer of annotations; a commentator.

Annotatory
An•no´ta•to•ry, a. Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]

Annotine
An´no•tine, n. [L. annotinus a year old.] (Zoöl.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

Annotinous
An•not´i•nous, a. [L. annotinus, fr. annus year.] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths.

Annotto
An•not´to, Ar•not´to, n. [Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree ( Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]

Announce
An•nounce´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Announced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing .] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; a. + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.]
1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
"Her [Q. Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts." - Gilpin.
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
"Publish laws, announce Or life or death." - Prior.
Syn. — To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. — To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as to promulgate the gospel.

Announcer
An•noun´cer, n. One who announces.

Annoy
An•noy´ (an•noi"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annoyed (an•noid"); p. pr. & vb. n. Annoying.] [OE. anoien, anuien, OF. anoier, anuier, F. ennuyer, fr. OF. anoi, anui, enui, annoyance, vexation, F. ennui. See Annoy, n. ] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as I was annoyed by his remarks.
"Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy?" - Prior.
2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
Syn. — To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.

Annoy
An•noy´, n. [OE. anoi, anui, OF. anoi, anui, enui, fr. L. in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio, Cic.). See Ennui, Odium, Noisome, Noy.] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also whatever causes such a feeling; as to work annoy.
"Worse than Tantalus’ is her annoy." - Shak.

Annoyer
An•noy´er, n. One who, or that which, annoys.

Annoyful
An•noy´ful, a. Annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Annoying
An•noy´ing, a. That annoys; molesting; vexatious. — An•noy´ing•ly, adv.

Annoyous
An•noy´ous, a. [OF. enuius, anoios.] Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Annual
An´nu•al ( 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.]
1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
"The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]." - Ray.
2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as the annual motion of the earth.
"A thousand pound a year, annual support." - Shak.
2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.