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. |