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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.

Anamorphoscope

An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.

Anamorphosis

A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

Anan

An expression equivalent to What did you say? Sir? Eh?

Ananas

The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).

Anandrous

Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers.

Anapest

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/-/-t/s, and in English in-ter-vene/, are examples of anapests.

Anapestic

Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. Anapestic measure or verse.

anaphase

the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle.

anaphor

A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent.

anaphora

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

anaphoric

Of or pertaining to anaphora; as, anaphoric reference.

anaphylactic

Of or pertaining to anaphylaxis; caused by anaphylaxis.

anaphylactic shock

Shock resulting from anaphylaxis{2}. It is a severe form of physiological shock, often having a fatal outcome, and is caused by an extreme immunological reaction to antigens. It is characterized by smooth muscle contraction and capillary dilation throughout the body, initiated by antibodies of the IgE class. It is usually seen when an antigen to which a person has become hypersensitized is injected intravenously or subcutaneously. It is also called generalyzed anaphylaxis or systemic anaphylaxis, and sometimes anaphylaxis.

anaphylaxis

Hypersensitivity (to a foreign antigen) resulting from prior contact with the same or a related substance.

anaplasia

loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor.

Anaplasty

The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

anaplerosis

A filling up; restoring a defective part; especially, promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.

Anapophysis

An accessory process in many lumbar vertebr/.

Anaptotic

Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.

Anaptychus

One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.

Anarch

The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.

Anarchical Anarchic

Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

Anarchism

The doctrine or practice of anarchists.

Anarchist

An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.

Anarchy

Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.

Anarthropoda

One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda.

Anarthrous

Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.

Anas

A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.

Anasa

a genus comprising the squash bugs.

Anasarcous

Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

Anaseismic

Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.

anastate

One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate.

anastatic

Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.

Anastatica

a genus of plants consisting of a single species, rose of Jericho (also called resurrection plant).

anastigmat

compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images.

Anastigmatic

Not astigmatic; free of astigmatism; -- pertaining to a lens or lens system, and used especially of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

Anastomose

To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.

Anastomosis

The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

Anastrophe

An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

Anathema

A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.

Anathematization

The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation.

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