Loading earlier words…
Anabaptize

To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename.

anabas

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.

anabasis

A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called /The Anabasis./

Anabatic

Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever.

anabiosis

suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns.

Anabolic

Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

Anabolic steroid

any of a variety of synthetic derivatives or analogs of testosterone, which promote the increase of muscle mass and strength. The anabolic steroids are sometimes used by athletes to increase muscular strength so as to enhance their performance in competition. They have serious side effects, and the use of such compounds has been banned by many athletic regulatory committees.

Anabolism

The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.

Anabranch

A branch of a river that re/nters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil.

Anacamptic

Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).

Anacamptically

By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically.

Anacamptics

The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.

Anacardiaceous

Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

Anacardic

Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.

Anacardium

A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

anacathartic

An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.

Anacharis

A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.

Anachorism

An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place.

Anachronism

A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

Anaclastic

Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.

Anaclastics

That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.

Anacoenosis

A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.

anacoluthia

an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another.

Anacoluthon

A lack of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

Anaconda

A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Anacreontic

A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.

Anacrotism

A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.

Anacrusis

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

Anadem

A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath.

Anadiplosis

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, /He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent./

Anadrom

A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

Anadromous

Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

Anaemia Anemia

A morbid condition in which number of the red blood cells or concentration of hemoglobin decreases below that of normal.

Anaemic

Of or pertaining to anaemia.

Anaerobes Anaerobes Anaerobia

Ana/robic bacteria. They are called facultative ana/robes when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate ana/robes, or obligatory ana/robes, when they thrive only in its absence.

Anaerobic

Not requiring air or oxygen for life; -- applied especially to those microbes to which free oxygen is unnecessary; ana/robiotic; -- opposed to a/robic.

Anaerobies

Micro/rganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. See obligate anaerobes under anaerobes.

anaesthesia anesthesia

Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.

Anaesthetic Anesthetic

Capable of causing anesthesia; as, an/sthetic agents. Characterized by, or connected with, anesthesia; as, an an/sthetic effect or operation.

Anaesthetization

The process of an/sthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by an/sthetics.

Anagasta

a genus of moths whose larvae are flour moths.

Anaglyph

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

Anaglyphical Anaglyphic

Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

Anaglyptic

Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

Anaglyptics

The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

Anaglyptograph

An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.

Anaglyptographic

Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving.

Anaglyptography

The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

Anagoge

An elevation of mind to things celestial.

Anagogical Anagogic

Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.

Anagogics

Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.

Anagrammatize

To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram.

Anal

Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.

Analcime

A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.

Analectic

Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine.

Analemma

An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.

analeptic

Restorative; giving strength after disease. A restorative drug; a drug that stimulates the central nervous system.

analgene analgen

A crystalline compound used as an antipyretic and analgesic, employed chiefly in rheumatism and neuralgia. It is a complex derivative of quinoline.

analgesic

a medication which serves to reduce the sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness. Aspirin and acetaminophen (paracetamol, trade name Tylenol) are commonly used non-prescription analgesics.

Anallantoidea

The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.

Analogical

Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.

Analogically

In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude.

Analogism

an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.

Analogist

One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy.

Analogous

Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to.

Analogue

That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.

Analogy

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.

analyser

an instrument that performs analyses.

Analysis

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

Analysis of variance

a statistical technique by which the results of an observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the relative contributions of the different possible causative factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA.

Analyst

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

analytical

of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2).

Analytical Analytic

Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed to synthetic.

Analyzation

The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.

Analyze

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; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives.

Analyzer

One who, or that which, analyzes.

Anamese

Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. A native of Anam.

Anamnestic

Aiding the memory; as, anamnestic remedies.

Loading more words…