| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| anadrom | noun | A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers. |
| anaemia | adjective | A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity. |
| anaemic | adjective | Of or pertaining to anaemia. |
| anagoge | noun | An elevation of mind to things celestial., The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New. |
| anagogy | noun | Same as Anagoge. |
| anagram | noun | Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law., To anagrammatize. |
| analogy | noun | A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden., A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different., Proportion; equality of ratios., Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly. |
| analyse | noun | Alt. of Analyser |
| analyst | noun | One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis. |
| analyze | verb t. | To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. |
| anamese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia., A native of Anam. |
| anapest | noun | A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests., A verse composed of such feet. |
| anarchy | noun | Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion., Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. |
| anatifa | noun | An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia. |
| anatine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike. |
| anatomy | noun | The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection., The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization., A treatise or book on anatomy., The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse., A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. |
| anatron | noun | Native carbonate of soda; natron., Glass gall or sandiver., Saltpeter. |
| anchovy | noun | A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species. |
| ancient | adjective | Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; — opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days., Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle., Known for a long time, or from early times; — opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent., Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable., Experienced; versed., Former; sometime., Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns., An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence., A senior; an elder; a predecessor., One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery., An ensign or flag., The bearer of a flag; an ensign. |
| ancille | noun | A maidservant; a handmaid. |
| ancones | plural | of Ancon |
| anconal | adjective | Alt. of Anconeal |
| andante | adjective | Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto., A movement or piece in andante time. |
| andarac | noun | Red orpiment. |
| andiron | noun | A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons. |
| android | noun | Alt. of Androides, Resembling a man. |
| androus | A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens. | |
| anelace | noun | Same as Anlace. |
| anemone | noun | A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens., The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. |
| anemony | noun | See Anemone. |
| aneroid | adjective | Containing no liquid; — said of a kind of barometer., An aneroid barometer. |
| anethol | noun | A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; — called also anise camphor. |
| angelet | noun | A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel. |
| angelic | adjective | Alt. of Angelical, Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether. |
| angelot | noun | A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI., An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused., A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy. |
| angelus | noun | A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell., The Angelus bell. |
| angered | imp. & past participle | of Anger |
| angerly | adverb | Angrily. |
| angioma | noun | A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels. |
| angling | present participle & vb. noun | of Angle, The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. |
| anglian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Angles., One of the Angles. |
| anglice | adverb | In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn. |
| anglify | verb t. | To convert into English; to anglicize. |
| angrily | adverb | In an angry manner; under the influence of anger. |
| anguine | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. |
| anguish | noun | Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress., To distress with extreme pain or grief. |
| angular | adjective | Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure., Measured by an angle; as, angular distance., Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female., A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes. |
| anhinga | noun | An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird. |
| annicut | noun | A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. |
| anights | adverb | In the night time; at night. |
| anilide | noun | One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl. |
| aniline | noun | An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made., Made from, or of the nature of, aniline. |
| anility | noun | The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. |
| animate | verb t. | To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body., To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre., To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven., Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. |
| animism | noun | The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body., The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter. |
| animist | noun | One who maintains the doctrine of animism. |
| animose | adjective | Alt. of Animous |
| animous | adjective | Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. |
| aniseed | noun | The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. |
| annates | noun pl. | The first year’s profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. |
| annelid | adjective | Alt. of Annelidan |
| annexed | imp. & past participle | of Annex |
| annexer | noun | One who annexes. |
| annotto | noun | Alt. of Arnotto |
| annoyed | imp. & past participle | of Annoy |
| annoyer | noun | One who, or that which, annoys. |
| annuary | adjective | Annual., A yearbook. |
| annuent | adjective | Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding). |
| annuity | noun | A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance. |
| annular | adjective | Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers., Banded or marked with circles. |
| annulet | noun | A little ring., A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital., A little circle borne as a charge., A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ. |
| annulus | noun | A ring; a ringlike part or space., A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other., The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it., Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals. |
| anodyne | adjective | Serving to assuage pain; soothing., Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings. |
| anomaly | noun | Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous., The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet’s angular motion were uniform., The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet., Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type. |
| anomura | noun pl. | Alt. of Anomoura |
| anopsia | adjective | Alt. of Anopsy |
| anorexy | noun | Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. |
| anormal | adjective | Not according to rule; abnormal. |
| anosmia | noun | Loss of the sense of smell. |
| another | pronoun & adjective | One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect., Not the same; different., Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else. |
| ansated | adjective | Having a handle. |
| anseres | noun pl. | A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc. |
| antacid | noun | A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent., Counteractive of acidity. |
| antaean | adjective | Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules. |
| antares | noun | The principal star in Scorpio: — called also the Scorpion’s Heart. |
| anteact | noun | A preceding act. |
| antefix | noun | An ornament fixed upon a frieze., An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof., An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water. |
| ant egg | One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs. | |
| antenna | noun | A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids. |
| antero- | A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side. | |
| anthoid | adjective | Resembling a flower; flowerlike. |
| anthrax | noun | A carbuncle., A malignant pustule., A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.], An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever. |
| antickt | of Antic | |
| anticly | adverb | Oddly; grotesquely. |
| anticor | noun | A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse’s breast, just opposite the heart. |
| antique | adjective | Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome., Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe., Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson’s “Castle of Indolence.”, Odd; fantastic., In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. |
| antilae | plural | of Antlia |
| antoeci | noun pl | Alt. of Antoecians |
| antonym | noun | A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; — used as a correlative of synonym. |
| anurous | adjective | Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. |
| anxiety | noun | Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness., Eager desire., A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. |
| anxious | adjective | Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; — applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle., Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; — applied to things; as, anxious labor., Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. |
| anybody | noun | Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person., A person of consideration or standing. |
| anyways | adverb | Anywise; at all. |
| anywise | adverb | In any wise or way; at all. |