| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| anaks | noun pl. | A race of giants living in Palestine. |
| ancle | noun | See Ankle. |
| ancon | noun | The olecranon, or the elbow., Alt. of Ancone |
| anear | preposition & adverb | Near., To near; to approach. |
| anele | verb t. | To anoint., To give extreme unction to. |
| anent | adjective | Over against; as, he lives anent the church., About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular. |
| angel | noun | A messenger., A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God’s messengers., One of a class of “fallen angels;” an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels., A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches., Attendant spirit; genius; demon., An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling., An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. |
| anger | noun | Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc., 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., To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame., To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke. |
| angle | noun | The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook., The figure made by. two lines which meet., The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle., A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment., A name given to four of the twelve astrological “houses.”, A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod., To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line., To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise., To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. |
| angor | noun | Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression. |
| angry | superl. | Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous., Inflamed and painful, as a sore., Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; — followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing., 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., Red., Sharp; keen; stimulated. |
| anigh | preposition & adverb | Nigh. |
| anile | adjective | Old-womanish; imbecile. |
| anime | adjective | Of a different tincture from the animal itself; — said of the eyes of a rapacious animal., A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. |
| animi | plural | of Animus |
| anion | noun | An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; — opposed to cation. |
| anise | noun | An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds., The fruit or seeds of this plant. |
| anker | noun | 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 8/ imperial gallons. |
| ankle | noun | The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. |
| annat | noun | A half years’s stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister’s heirs after his decease. |
| annal | noun | See Annals. |
| annex | verb t. | To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; — followed by to., To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater., To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt., To join; to be united., Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing. |
| annoy | noun | 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., To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade., A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. |
| annul | adjective | To reduce to nothing; to obliterate., To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; — used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. |
| anode | noun | The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; — opposed to cathode. |
| anoil | verb t. | To anoint with oil. |
| anomy | noun | Disregard or violation of law. |
| anona | noun | A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop. |
| anorn | verb t. | To adorn. |
| ansae | plural | of Ansa |
| an ‘t | An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj. | |
| antae | plural | of Anta |
| ante- | A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. ‘anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. ‘anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of. | |
| antes | noun pl. | Antae. See Anta. |
| antic | adjective | Old; antique., , Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous., A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play., An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure., A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper., A grotesque representation., An antimask., To make appear like a buffoon., To perform antics. |
| antre | noun | A cavern. |
| antra | plural | of Antrum |
| anura | noun pl. | One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. |
| anury | noun | Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury. |
| anvil | noun | An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped., Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use., the incus. See Incus., To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor. |