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Angiosporous

Having spores contained in cells or thec/, as in the case of some fungi.

Angiostomous

With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

Angiotomy

Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.

Angle

To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.

angle-park

to park (a road vehicle) at an angle to the curb; -- contrasted with parallel-park.

Angled

Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.

angledozer

a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side.

Anglemeter

An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

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.

Anglesite

A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

Angleworm

A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

Anglian

Of or pertaining to the Angles. One of the Angles.

Anglican

A member of the Church of England.

Anglicanism

Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.

Anglice

In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.

Anglicism

An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.

Anglicity

The state or quality of being English.

Anglicization

The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.

Anglicize

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

Anglify

To convert into English; to anglicize.

Angling

The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.

Anglo-American

an American who was born in England or whose ancestors were English.

Anglo-Catholic

A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.

Anglo-Catholicism

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.

Anglo-French

the French (Norman) language used in medieval England.

Anglo-Indian

a person of English citizenship born or living in India.

Anglo-Norman

One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England.

Anglo-Saxon

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.

Anglo-Saxondom

The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.

Anglo-Saxonism

A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.

Anglomania

A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.

anglophile

an admirer of England and things English.

Anglophilia

exaggerated admiration for England and English customs.

Anglophobe

a person who hates England and everything English.

Anglophobia

Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.

Angola

A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.

Angolese

A member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola.

Angora

A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

Angraecum

a genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque.

angrecum

any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers.

Angrily

In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

Angriness

The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.

Angry

Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

Anguidae

a family comprising the alligator lizards.

Anguilla

a British colony, comprising an island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico, with a total area of 91 sq km. Its population in 1996 was estimated at 10,424. The official language is English.

Anguillan

of or pertaining to Anguilla; as, Anguillan sea food specialties.

Anguillidae

a natural family of eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.

Anguilliformes

an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.

Anguine

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.

Anguish

To distress with extreme pain or grief.

anguished

suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety

Angular

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Angularity

The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

Angularly

In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.

Angulometer

An instrument for measuring external angles.

Angulous

Angular; having corners; hooked.

Angustation

The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.

Angusticlave

A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.

Angwantibo

A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

Anhelation

Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.

Anhele

To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).

Anhima

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

Anhimidae

a family of aquatic birds of South America. They are called screamers due to their harsh trumpeting call.

Anhinga

An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.

Anhistous

Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.

Anhydride

An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Anhydrite

A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).

Anhydrous

Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.

Anil

A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

Anile

Old-womanish; imbecile.

Anilic

Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.

Anilide

One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.

Aniline

Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.

Anility

The state of being an old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.

Animadversion

The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.

Animadvert

To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.

Animadverter

One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

Animal

Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.

Animalculism

The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.

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