| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| anabas | noun | A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes. |
| anadem | noun | A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath. |
| anakim | noun pl. | Alt. of Anaks |
| ananas | noun | The pineapple (Ananassa sativa). |
| anarch | noun | The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. |
| anatto | noun | Same as Annotto. |
| anbury | noun | Alt. of Ambury |
| anchor | noun | A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station., Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship’s anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place., Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety., An emblem of hope., A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together., Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; — a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament., One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta., To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship., To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge., To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream., To stop; to fix or rest., An anchoret. |
| ancile | noun | The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome. |
| ancome | noun | A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. |
| ancone | noun | The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter., A bracket supporting a cornice; a console. |
| ancony | noun | A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends. |
| andean | adjective | Pertaining to the Andes. |
| andine | adjective | Andean; as, Andine flora. |
| andron | noun | The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house. |
| aneath | preposition & adverb | Beneath. |
| anenst | adjective | Alt. of Anent |
| anetic | adjective | Soothing. |
| angina | noun | Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. |
| angio- | A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel. | |
| angled | imp. & past participle | of Angle, Having an angle or angles; — used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc. |
| angler | noun | One who angles., A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc. |
| angles | noun pl. | An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc. |
| anglic | adjective | Anglian. |
| anglo- | A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. | |
| angola | noun | A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat. |
| angora | noun | A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. |
| angust | adjective | Narrow; strait. |
| anhang | verb t. | To hang. |
| anhele | verb i. | To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). |
| anhima | noun | A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi. |
| anicut | noun | Alt. of Annicut |
| anient | verb t. | Alt. of Anientise |
| anight | adverb | Alt. of Anights |
| anilic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; — applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. |
| animal | noun | An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity., One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals., Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions., Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites., Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. |
| animus | noun | Animating spirit; intention; temper. |
| anisic | adjective | Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol. |
| ankled | adjective | Having ankles; — used in composition; as, well-ankled. |
| anklet | noun | An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring. |
| anlace | noun | A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. |
| annals | noun pl. | A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened., Historical records; chronicles; history., The record of a single event or item., A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as “Annals of Science.” |
| annats | noun pl. | Alt. of Annates |
| anneal | verb t. | To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen., To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them. |
| annual | adjective | Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly., Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth., Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets., A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year., Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant., A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day. |
| annuli | plural | of Annulus |
| anodon | noun | A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge. |
| anoint | verb t. | To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil., To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration., Anointed. |
| anolis | noun | A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons. |
| anomal | noun | Anything anomalous. |
| anomia | noun | A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment. |
| anonym | noun | One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for “pseudonym.”, A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. |
| anopla | noun pl. | One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina. |
| anopsy | adjective | Want or defect of sight; blindness. |
| anotta | noun | See Annotto. |
| anoura | noun | See Anura. |
| answer | noun | To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation., To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to., To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute., To be or act in return or response to., To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell., To render account to or for., To atone; to be punished for., To be opposite to; to face., To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay., To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit., To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response., To make a satisfactory response or return., To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care., To be or act in return., To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils., To be opposite, or to act in opposition., To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer., To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; — usually with to., A reply to a change; a defense., Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply., Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action., A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem., A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant’s charges in his bill. |
| anteal | adjective | Being before, or in front. |
| anthem | noun | Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music., A song or hymn of praise., To celebrate with anthems. |
| anther | noun | That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary. |
| antiae | noun pl. | The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points. |
| antiar | noun | A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). |
| antler | noun | The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. |
| antlia | noun | The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera. |
| antral | adjective | Relating to an antrum. |
| antrum | noun | A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus |
| anubis | noun | An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox. |
| anyhow | adverb | In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. |
| anyone | noun | One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.] |
| anyway | adverb | Alt. of Anyways |