| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |