| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| anabaptism | noun | The doctrine of the Anabaptists. |
| anabaptist | noun | A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy. |
| anabaptize | verb t. | To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. |
| anacamptic | adjective | Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo). |
| anacardium | noun | A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew. |
| anachorism | noun | An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place. |
| anachronic | adjective | Alt. of Anachronical |
| anaclastic | adjective | Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves., Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. |
| anacrotism | noun | A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. |
| anadromous | adjective | Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc., Tending upwards; — said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. |
| anaerobies | noun pl. | Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. |
| anaglyphic | adjective | Alt. of Anaglyphical, Work chased or embossed relief. |
| anaglyptic | adjective | Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief. |
| anagogical | adjective | 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. |
| analogical | adjective | Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy., Having analogy; analogous. |
| analytical | adjective | Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; — opposed to synthetic. |
| analyzable | adjective | That may be analyzed. |
| anamnestic | adjective | Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies. |
| anamniotic | adjective | Without, or not developing, an amnion. |
| anapaestic | Same as Anapest, Anapestic. | |
| anaplastic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anaplasty. |
| anaptychus | noun | One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites. |
| anarchical | adjective | Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions. |
| anarthrous | adjective | Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive., Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects. |
| anasarcous | adjective | Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. |
| anastaltic | adjective & noun | Styptic. |
| anastomose | verb i. | To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins. |
| anastrophe | noun | An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed. |
| anatomical | adjective | Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. |
| anatomized | imp. & past participle | of Anatomize |
| anatomizer | noun | A dissector. |
| anatreptic | adjective | Overthrowing; defeating; — applied to Plato’s refutative dialogues. |
| anatropous | adjective | Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; — opposed to orthotropous. |
| ancestress | noun | A female ancestor. |
| anchorable | adjective | Fit for anchorage. |
| anchoretic | adjective | Alt. of Anchoretical |
| anchorless | adjective | Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled. |
| anchylosed | imp. & past participle | of Anchylose |
| anchylosis | noun | Alt. of Ankylosis |
| anchylotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anchylosis. |
| ancipitous | adjective | Two-edged instead of round; — said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves. |
| ancistroid | adjective | Hook-shaped. |
| andabatism | noun | Doubt; uncertainty. |
| andalusite | noun | 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. |
| androecium | noun | The stamens of a flower taken collectively. |
| androgynal | adjective | Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic., Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster. |
| androphagi | noun pl. | Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. |
| androphore | noun | A support or column on which stamens are raised., The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores. |
| androspore | noun | A spore of some algae, which has male functions. |
| anecdotage | noun | Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes. |
| anecdotist | noun | One who relates or collects anecdotes. |
| anelectric | adjective | Not becoming electrified by friction; — opposed to idioelectric., A substance incapable of being electrified by friction. |
| anemograph | noun | An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. |
| anemometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge. |
| anemometry | noun | The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. |
| anemoscope | noun | 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. |
| anenterous | adjective | Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. |
| anesthesia | adjective | Alt. of Anesthetic |
| anesthetic | adjective | Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic. |
| aneurismal | adjective | Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. |
| anfracture | noun | A mazy winding. |
| angeiology | Alt. of Angeiotomy | |
| angeiotomy | Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc. | |
| angel fish | See under Angel. | |
| angelology | noun | A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. |
| angioscope | noun | An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. |
| angiosperm | noun | A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. |
| anglemeter | noun | An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata. |
| anglicized | imp. & past participle | of Anglicize |
| anglifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Anglify |
| anglomania | noun | A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc. |
| angola pea | 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. | |
| anguineous | adjective | Snakelike. |
| angularity | noun | The quality or state of being angular; angularness. |
| angulation | noun | A making angular; angular formation. |
| angulosity | noun | A state of being angulous or angular. |
| angwantibo | noun | A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. |
| anharmonic | adjective | Not harmonic. |
| anhelation | noun | Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. |
| anhungered | adjective | Ahungered; longing. |
| animadvert | verb i. | To take notice; to observe; — commonly followed by that., To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; — with on or upon., To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. |
| animalcule | noun | A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc., An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria. |
| animalcula | plural | of Animalculum |
| animalized | imp. & past participle | of Animalize |
| animalness | noun | Animality. |
| animatedly | adverb | With animation. |
| anisomeric | adjective | Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions. |
| anisotrope | adjective | Alt. of Anisotropic |
| annalistic | adjective | Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style. |
| annelidous | adjective | Of the nature of an annelid. |
| annexation | verb t. | 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., 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. |
| annihilate | verb t. | To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be., 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 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., Annihilated. |
| annominate | verb t. | To name. |
| annotating | present participle & vb. noun | of Annotate |
| annotation | noun | 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. |
| annotative | adjective | Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation. |
| annotatory | adjective | Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. |
| annotinous | adjective | A year old; in Yearly growths. |
| announcing | present participle & vb. noun | of Announce |
| annularity | noun | Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. |
| annulation | noun | A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. |
| annullable | adjective | That may be Annulled. |
| annumerate | verb t. | To add on; to count in. |
| annunciate | verb t. | To announce., Foretold; preannounced. |
| anointment | noun | The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. |
| anomaliped | adjective | Alt. of Anomalipede, One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. |
| anonaceous | adjective | Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc. |
| answerable | adjective | Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages., Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer., Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable., Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it., Equal; equivalent; adequate. |
| answerably | adverb | In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably. |
| answerless | adjective | Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. |
| antagonism | noun | Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles. |
| antagonist | noun | One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent., A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it., A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues., Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy. |
| antagonize | verb t. | To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract., To act in opposition. |
| antanagoge | noun | A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge. |
| antarchism | noun | Opposition to government in general. |
| antarchist | noun | One who opposes all government. |
| ant-cattle | noun | Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips. |
| antecedent | adjective | Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause., Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability., That which goes before in time; that which precedes., One who precedes or goes in front., The earlier events of one’s life; previous principles, conduct, course, history., The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence “Solomon was the prince who built the temple,” prince is the antecedent of who., The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move., The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die., The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent. |
| antecessor | noun | One who goes before; a predecessor., An ancestor; a progenitor. |
| antechapel | noun | The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. |
| antecursor | noun | A forerunner; a precursor. |
| antedating | present participle & vb. noun | of Antedate |
| antemosaic | adjective | Being before the time of Moses. |
| antenicene | adjective | Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith. |
| antenumber | noun | A number that precedes another. |
| antepenult | noun | Alt. of Antepenultima |
| anteriorly | adverb | In an anterior manner; before. |
| antetemple | noun | The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church. |
| anthemwise | adverb | Alternately. |
| antheridia | plural | of Antheridium |
| anthomania | noun | A extravagant fondness for flowers. |
| anthophore | noun | The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. |
| anthracene | noun | A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. |
| anthracite | noun | A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal. |
| anthracoid | adjective | Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe. |
| anthropoid | adjective | Resembling man; — applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla., An anthropoid ape. |
| antibromic | noun | An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer. |
| antichrist | noun | A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ’s second coming. |
| antichthon | noun | A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun., Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. |
| anticipant | adjective | Anticipating; expectant; — with of. |
| anticipate | verb t. | To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action., To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument., To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired., To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life. |
| anticivism | noun | Opposition to the body politic of citizens. |
| anticlimax | noun | A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; — the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. |
| anticlinal | adjective | Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal., The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. |
| antic-mask | noun | An antimask. |
| antidotary | adjective | Antidotal. |
| antiemetic | adjective / noun | Same as Antemetic. |
| antilithic | adjective | Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed., An antilithic medicine. |
| antilogous | adjective | Of the contrary name or character; — opposed to analogous. |
| antilogies | plural | of Antilogy |
| antiloimic | noun | A remedy against the plague. |
| antilopine | adjective | Of or relating to the antelope. |
| antilyssic | adjective & noun | Antihydrophobic. |
| antimonate | noun | A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. |
| antimonial | adjective | Of or pertaining to antimony., A preparation or medicine containing antimony. |
| antimonite | noun | A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical., Stibnite. |
| antinomian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory., One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. |
| antinomist | noun | An Antinomian. |
| antinomies | plural | of Antinomy |
| antiochian | adjective | Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers., Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria. |
| antipathic | adjective | Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic. |
| antiphonal | adjective | Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs., A book of antiphons or anthems. |
| antiphoner | noun | A book of antiphons. |
| antiphonic | adjective | Antiphonal. |
| antipodean | adjective | Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. |
| antipsoric | adjective | Of use in curing the itch., An antipsoric remedy. |
| antiptosis | noun | The putting of one case for another. |
| antipyrine | noun | An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever. |
| antiquated | adjective | Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. |
| antirenter | noun | One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. |
| antiscians | noun pl. | Alt. of Antiscii |
| antiscolic | adjective | Anthelmintic. |
| antiseptic | adjective | Alt. of Antiseptical, A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona. |
| antisocial | adjective | Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles. |
| antitheism | noun | The doctrine of antitheists. |
| antitheist | noun | A disbeliever in the existence of God. |
| antitheses | plural | of Antithesis |
| antithesis | noun | An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, “The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.” “He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.”, The second of two clauses forming an antithesis., Opposition; contrast. |
| antithetic | adjective | Alt. of Antithetical |
| antitoxine | noun | A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria. |
| anti-trade | noun | A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind. |
| antitragus | noun | A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear. |
| antitropal | adjective | Alt. of Antitropous |
| antitypous | adjective | Resisting blows; hard. |
| antoecians | noun pl | Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator. |
| antonomasy | noun | Antonomasia. |
| antorbital | adjective | Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit., The antorbital bone. |
| antrustion | noun | A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises |
| ant thrush | One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants., See Ant bird, under Ant. | |
| anywhither | adverb | To or towards any place. |