| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| anacamptics | noun | The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics., The science of reflected sounds. |
| anacanthini | noun pl. | Alt. of Anacanths |
| anacanthous | adjective | Spineless, as certain fishes. |
| anachronism | noun | 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. |
| anachronize | verb t. | To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. |
| anachronous | adjective | Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. |
| anaclastics | noun | That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; — commonly called dioptrics. |
| anacoenosis | noun | A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. |
| anacoluthic | adjective | Lacking grammatical sequence. |
| anacoluthon | noun | 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. |
| anacreontic | adjective | Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial., A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine. |
| anadiplosis | noun | 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.” |
| anaesthesia | noun | 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. |
| anaesthesis | noun | See Anaesthesia. |
| anaesthetic | adjective | Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents., Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation., That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc. |
| anaglyptics | noun | The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc. |
| anagnorisis | noun | The unfolding or denouement. |
| anallantoic | adjective | Without, or not developing, an allantois. |
| analyzation | noun | The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis. |
| anamorphism | noun | A distorted image., A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. |
| anamorphosy | noun | Same as Anamorphosis. |
| anantherous | adjective | Destitute of anthers. |
| anapestical | adjective | Anapestic. |
| anaplerotic | adjective | Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers., A remedy which promotes such granulation. |
| anapnograph | noun | A form of spirometer. |
| anapophysis | noun | An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae. |
| anastomozed | impast participle p. | of Anastomose |
| anastomoses | plural | of Anastomosis |
| anastomosis | noun | The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins. |
| anastomotic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anastomosis. |
| anathematic | adjective | Alt. of Anathematical |
| anatiferous | adjective | Producing ducks; — applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle. |
| anatomizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Anatomize |
| ancestorial | adjective | Ancestral. |
| anchoretish | adjective | Hermitlike. |
| anchoretism | noun | The practice or mode of life of an anchoret. |
| anchor-hold | noun | The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds., Hence: Firm hold: security. |
| anchoritess | noun | An anchoress. |
| anchylosing | present participle & vb. noun | of Anchylose |
| ancientness | noun | The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. |
| andranatomy | noun | The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy. |
| androgynous | adjective | Alt. of Androgynal |
| androgynism | noun | Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. |
| androsphinx | noun | A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion. |
| androtomous | adjective | Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts. |
| anecdotical | adjective | Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. |
| anelectrode | noun | The positive pole of a voltaic battery. |
| anemography | noun | A description of the winds., The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph. |
| anemometric | adjective | Alt. of Anemometrical |
| anfractuose | adjective | Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers. |
| anfractuous | adjective | Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. |
| angariation | noun | Exaction of forced service; compulsion. |
| angelically | adverb | Like an angel. |
| angelolatry | noun | Worship paid to angels. |
| angelophany | noun | The actual appearance of an angel to man. |
| angienchyma | noun | Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels. |
| angiography | noun | A description of blood vessels and lymphatics. |
| anglicanism | noun | Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England., The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party., Attachment to England or English institutions. |
| anglicizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Anglicize |
| anglomaniac | noun | One affected with Anglomania. |
| anglophobia | noun | Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. |
| anglo-saxon | noun | 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., The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest., The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon., 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., Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language. |
| angularness | noun | The quality of being angular. |
| angulometer | noun | An instrument for measuring external angles. |
| angustation | noun | The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. |
| animalcular | adjective | Alt. of Animalculine |
| animalculum | noun | An animalcule. |
| animalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Animalize |
| animoseness | noun | Vehemence of temper. |
| animosities | plural | of Animosity |
| anisomerous | adjective | Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens. |
| anisometric | adjective | Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; — said of crystals with three unequal axes. |
| anisopleura | noun pl. | A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed. |
| anisotropic | adjective | Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic. |
| annexionist | noun | An annexationist. |
| annihilable | adjective | Capable of being annihilated. |
| annihilated | imp. & past participle | of Annihilate |
| annihilator | noun | One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator. |
| anniversary | adjective | Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast., 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., 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., The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. |
| anno domini | In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887. | |
| annunciable | adjective | That may be announced or declared; declarable. |
| annunciated | imp. & past participle | of Annunciate |
| annunciator | noun | One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated., An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted. |
| anomalipede | adjective | Having anomalous feet. |
| anomalistic | adjective | Alt. of Anomalistical |
| anomalously | adverb | In an anomalous manner. |
| anonymously | adverb | In an anonymous manner; without a name. |
| anoplothere | noun | Alt. of Anoplotherium |
| antagonized | imp. & past participle | of Antagonize |
| antalkaline | noun | Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system., Of power to counteract alkalies. |
| antecedence | noun | The act or state of going before in time; precedence., An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation. |
| antecedency | noun | The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. |
| antechamber | noun | A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby., A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part. |
| anteflexion | noun | A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. |
| antemundane | adjective | Being or occurring before the creation of the world. |
| antenniform | adjective | Shaped like antennae. |
| antenuptial | adjective | Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. |
| anteorbital | adjective & noun | Same as Antorbital. |
| antepaschal | adjective | Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter. |
| antependium | noun | The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. |
| anteportico | noun | An outer porch or vestibule. |
| anteriority | noun | The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. |
| antestature | noun | A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth. |
| antestomach | noun | A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. |
| anteversion | noun | A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual. |
| antheridium | noun | The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; — called also spermary. |
| antheriform | adjective | Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped. |
| antherozoid | noun | Alt. of Antherozooid |
| anthocyanin | noun | Same as Anthokyan. |
| anthography | noun | A description of flowers. |
| anthologist | noun | One who compiles an anthology. |
| anthracitic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations. |
| anthropical | adjective | Like or related to man; human. |
| anthropidae | noun pl. | The group that includes man only. |
| anthypnotic | See Antihypnotic. | |
| anthysteric | adjective & noun | See Antihysteric. |
| antialbumid | noun | A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone. |
| antibillous | adjective | Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness. |
| antiburgher | noun | One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath. |
| anticathode | noun | The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. |
| antichamber | noun | See Antechamber. |
| anticipated | imp. & past participle | of Anticipate |
| anticipator | noun | One who anticipates. |
| anticlastic | adjective | Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle. |
| anticyclone | noun | A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. |
| antidotical | adjective | Serving as an antidote. |
| antidromous | adjective | Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem. |
| antifebrile | adjective & noun | Febrifuge. |
| antifebrine | noun | Acetanilide. |
| antiguggler | noun | A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise. |
| antiicteric | adjective | Good against jaundice., A remedy for jaundice. |
| antiloquist | noun | A contradicter. |
| antimasonry | noun | Opposition to Freemasonry. |
| antimonious | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; — said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid. |
| antipathist | noun | One who has an antipathy. |
| antipathize | verb i. | To feel or show antipathy. |
| antipathous | adjective | Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. |
| antipathies | plural | of Antipathy |
| antipeptone | noun | A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice. |
| antipharmic | adjective | Antidotal; alexipharmic. |
| antiphonary | noun | A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained. |
| antiphonies | plural | of Antiphony |
| antiphrasis | noun | The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance. |
| antiplastic | adjective | Diminishing plasticity., Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation. |
| antipyresis | noun | The condition or state of being free from fever. |
| antipyretic | adjective | Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever., A febrifuge. |
| antipyrotic | adjective | Good against burns or pyrosis., Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis. |
| antiquarian | adjective | Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature., An antiquary., A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. |
| antiquaries | plural | of Antiquary |
| antiquation | noun | The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. |
| antiqueness | noun | The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. |
| antiquities | plural | of Antiquity |
| antislavery | adjective | Opposed to slavery., Opposition to slavery. |
| antispastic | adjective | Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another., Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic., An antispastic agent. |
| antistrophe | noun | In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song., The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master., The retort or turning of an adversary’s plea against him. |
| antitropous | adjective | At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle. |
| antitypical | adjective | Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. |
| antizymotic | adjective | Preventing fermentation or decomposition., An agent so used. |
| antonomasia | noun | The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. |
| antorgastic | adjective | See Antiorgastic. |
| anxiousness | noun | The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety. |