Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.
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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.
a person who hates England and everything English.
Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.
A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
A member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola.
Extreme anxiety.
A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
a genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque.
any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers.
In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.
Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.
a family comprising the alligator lizards.
Snake-shaped.
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.
of or pertaining to Anguilla; as, Anguillan sea food specialties.
a natural family of eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
Eel-shaped.
an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.
Anguineous.
Snakelike.
To distress with extreme pain or grief.
suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
The quality of being angular.
To make angular.
Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
A making angular; angular formation.
Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
An instrument for measuring external angles.
Angulous.
A state of being angulous or angular.
Angular; having corners; hooked.
To augur.
Narrow; strait.
Narrowed.
The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.
Having narrow leaves.
A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.
To hang.
Not harmonic.
Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.
To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).
Anhelous; panting.
Short of breath; panting.
A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
a family of aquatic birds of South America. They are called screamers due to their harsh trumpeting call.
An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.
Ahungered; longing.
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.
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).
Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.
Not idiomatic.
To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate.
Nigh.
In the night time; at night.
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
Old-womanish; imbecile.
Anility.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.
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.
Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
A disease caused by chronic exposure to aniline; aniline toxicity.
The state of being an old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.
The faculty of perceiving; a percipient.
The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
Having the power of perceiving; percipient.
To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.
One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.
Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.
The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
An animalcule.
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
Like an animal.
The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities or objectives; preoccupation with sensual, physical, or carnal pleasures.
of or pertaining to animalism.
Animal existence or nature.
The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.
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