A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.
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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.
Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.
A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a horn.
A mazy winding.
Exaction of forced service; compulsion.
Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.
A messenger.
Existence or state of angels.
A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel.
The state of being an angel; angelic nature.
Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.
Like an angel.
The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
To make like an angel; to angelize.
To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.
Resembling an angel.
Worship paid to angels.
A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.
The actual appearance of an angel to man.
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.
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.
To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.
Angrily.
a resident of Anjou.
Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. A native of Anjou.
Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
Any inflammatory affection of the throat, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.
Of or pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris; anginal.
tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk.
of or pertaining to an angiocarp; angiocarpous.
Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.
An X-ray photograph produced by angiography.
A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
A tumor composed chiefly of blood or lymph vessels.
Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
Neuropathy of the neurons innervating blood vessels. Called also Angioneurosis, Vasomotor neurosis, Vasoneurosis.
Angioneuropathy{1}. The term angioneuropathy is now used more frequently than angioneurosis.
Of or pertaining to angiopathy.
Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.
a highly variable species (Angiopteris evecta) of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall.
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with gymnosperm.
Same as Angiospermous.
Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
Having spores contained in cells or thec/, as in the case of some fungi.
With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.
To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
to park (a road vehicle) at an angle to the curb; -- contrasted with parallel-park.
Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.
a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side.
An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
One who angles.
An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
In an angular manner; angularly.
A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.
Of or pertaining to the Angles. One of the Angles.
Anglian.
A member of the Church of England.
Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.
To anglicize.
An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.
The state or quality of being English.
The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
To convert into English; to anglicize.
The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
an American who was born in England or whose ancestors were English.
A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.
The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant; a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition.
the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
a person of English citizenship born or living in India.
of English-speaking jews and their culture
One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England.
A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or /Old/) Saxon.
The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
One affected with Anglomania.
an admirer of England and things English.
exaggerated admiration for England and English customs.
of or pertaining to Anglophilia.
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