| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| anachoretical | adjective | See Anchoret, Anchoretic. |
| anachronistic | adjective | Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. |
| anagrammatism | noun | The act or practice of making anagrams. |
| anagrammatist | noun | A maker anagrams. |
| anagrammatize | verb t. | To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. |
| anallantoidea | noun pl. | The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms. |
| anaphrodisiac | adjective & noun | Same as Antaphrodisiac. |
| anathematical | adjective | Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. |
| anathematized | imp. & past participle | of Anathematize |
| anathematizer | noun | One who pronounces an anathema. |
| anatomization | noun | The act of anatomizing. |
| ancestorially | adverb | With regard to ancestors. |
| andropetalous | adjective | Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. |
| anemometrical | adjective | Of or pertaining to anemometry. |
| anemorphilous | adjective | Fertilized by the agency of the wind; — said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. |
| anencephalous | adjective | Without a brain; brainless. |
| anfractuosity | noun | A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity., A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain. |
| angelicalness | noun | The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human. |
| angiospermous | adjective | Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. |
| anglicization | noun | The act of anglicizing, or making English in character. |
| anidiomatical | adjective | Not idiomatic. |
| animadversion | noun | The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception., Monition; warning., Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame., Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. |
| animadversive | adjective | Having the power of perceiving; percipient. |
| animadverting | present participle & vb. noun | of Animadvert |
| animalization | noun | The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties., Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. |
| anisopetalous | adjective | Having unequal petals. |
| anisophyllous | adjective | Having unequal leaves. |
| annexationist | noun | One who favors annexation. |
| anniversarily | adverb | Annually. |
| anniversaries | plural | of Anniversary |
| annotationist | noun | An annotator. |
| anomalistical | adjective | Irregular; departing from common or established rules., Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. |
| anomalousness | noun | Quality of being anomalous. |
| anomophyllous | adjective | Having leaves irregularly placed. |
| anonymousness | noun | The state or quality of being anonymous. |
| anoplotherium | noun | A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). |
| another-gates | adjective | Of another sort. |
| another-guess | adjective | Of another sort. |
| antambulacral | adjective | Away from the ambulacral region. |
| antaphroditic | adjective | Antaphrodisiac., Antisyphilitic., An antaphroditic medicine. |
| antapoplectic | adjective | Good against apoplexy., A medicine used against apoplexy. |
| antecedaneous | adjective | Antecedent; preceding in time. |
| antecommunion | noun | A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements. |
| antenniferous | adjective | Bearing or having antennae. |
| antepenultima | noun | The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable. |
| antheriferous | adjective | Producing anthers, as plants., Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. |
| antherogenous | adjective | Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower. |
| anthobranchia | noun pl. | A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris. |
| anthophyllite | noun | A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. |
| anthracomancy | noun | Divination by inspecting a burning coal. |
| anthracometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture. |
| anthraquinone | noun | A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene. |
| anthropogenic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anthropogeny. |
| anthropolatry | noun | Man worship. |
| anthropologic | adjective | Alt. of Anthropological |
| anthropomancy | noun | Divination by the entrails of human being. |
| anthropometry | noun | Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. |
| anthropopathy | noun | The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. |
| anthropophagi | noun pl. | Man eaters; cannibals. |
| anthropophagy | noun | The eating of human flesh; cannibalism. |
| anthroposcopy | noun | The art of discovering or judging of a man’s character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. |
| anthroposophy | noun | Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom. |
| anti-american | adjective | Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. |
| antiasthmatic | adjective & noun | Same as Antasthmatic. |
| antiattrition | noun | Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease. |
| anticatarrhal | adjective | Efficacious against catarrh., An anticatarrhal remedy. |
| antichristian | adjective | Opposed to the Christian religion. |
| antichronical | adjective | Deviating from the proper order of time. |
| anticlinorium | noun | The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal. |
| antiephialtic | adjective & noun | Same as Antephialtic. |
| antiepileptic | adjective & noun | Same as Antepileptic. |
| anti-gallican | adjective | Opposed to what is Gallic or French. |
| antilibration | noun | A balancing; equipoise. |
| antilogarithm | noun | The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. |
| antimonarchic | Alt. of Antimonarchical | |
| antinephritic | adjective | Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys., An antinephritic remedy. |
| antinomianism | noun | The tenets or practice of Antinomians. |
| antiparallels | noun pl. | Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes. |
| antiparalytic | adjective | Good against paralysis., A medicine for paralysis. |
| antiquateness | noun | Antiquatedness. |
| antiquitarian | noun | An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.] |
| antiscorbutic | adjective | Counteracting scurvy., A remedy for scurvy. |
| antisocialist | noun | One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism. |
| antispasmodic | adjective | Good against spasms., A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions. |
| antisplenetic | adjective | Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen., An antisplenetic medicine. |
| antistrumatic | adjective | Antistrumous., A medicine for scrofula. |
| antivaccinist | noun | One opposed to vaccination. |
| antivariolous | adjective | Preventing the contagion of smallpox. |
| anythingarian | noun | One who holds to no particular creed or dogma. |