A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.

To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.

The process of formation of a stiff joint; also, the abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint which has become stiff.

Of or pertaining to anchylosis.

An ensign or flag.

In ancient times.

The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.

Antiquity; what is ancient.

Age; antiquity.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.

A maidservant; a handmaid.

Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Hook-shaped.

See Ankle.

A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.

The olecranon, or the elbow.

The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.

A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

Elbowlike; anconal.

A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.

A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.

Doubt; uncertainty.

A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. A movement or piece in andante time.

Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.

Red orpiment.

Pertaining to the Andes.

A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.

An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

Andean; as, Andine flora.

small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and West Africa.

A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

The capital city of Andorra. Population (2000) = 22,390.

dark grayish extrusive rock.

The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.

a genus of brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.

an order of mosses which comprises a single genus: Andreaea.

a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..

a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..

a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground.

one of the twelve apostles of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland.

a genus of cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks.

Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx.

Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants.

The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

a hormone, such as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes development and maintenance of typical male sexual characteristics. They are mostly produced in the testes.

of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen.

Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.

An hermaphrodite.

Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

Resembling a man.

A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.

The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.

Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.

Anthropophagous.

A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including Andropogon sorghum and Andropogon halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as Andropogon nardus and Andropogon sch/nanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.

A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.

A spore of some alg/, which has male functions.

Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zo/tomy; anthropotomy.

To near; to approach.

Beneath.

Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.

Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.

Unpublished narratives.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.

One who relates or collects anecdotes.

a genus of climbing salamanders.

Same as Anlace.

To anoint.

Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. A substance incapable of being electrified by friction.

The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

A record made by an anemograph.

An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind.

Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.

A description of the winds.

The science of the wind.

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

Of or pertaining to anemometry.

An anemograph.

The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.

A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.

a genus consisting of one species: the rue anemone.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

See Anemone.

pollinated by the wind; -- of flowering plants; especially grasses etc.

a genus consisting of one species: the yerba mansa.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake.

Without a brain; brainless.

Over against; as, he lives anent the church.

Destitute of a stomach or an intestine.

Lack of energy; inactivity.

Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.

An aneroid barometer.

Once.

Same as An/sthesia, An/sthetic.

A medical specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before the patient is treated.

To cause to become unconscious by administration of an anaesthetic agent.

rendered insensible by anesthetizing. Same as anaesthetized.

A mixture of methyl chloride and ethyl chloride; it is used as a local anesthetic, by spraying onto the skin.

of or pertaining to anestrus.

A state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus; -- applies to nonhuman mammals.

The herb dill, or dillseed.

A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor.

a genus of plants of the parsley family having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, including the dill Anethum graveolens.

Soothing.

Same as thiamin; a B vitamin (vitamin B1) that prevents beriberi.

A soft, usually pulsating, sac, containing blood or blood clot, arising from the abnormal dilation of the walls of an artery, vein or heart. The more common spelling is aneurysm.

Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. The more common spelling is aneurysmal.

of or pertaining to an aneurysm.

Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.