capable of fertilizing female organs.
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a genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
a gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts.
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary.
Producing anthers, as plants. Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower.
Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped.
Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.
Resembling an anther.
One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
A beetle which feeds on flowers.
A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.
Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
Same as Anthokyan.
The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.
A description of flowers.
Resembling a flower; flowerlike.
The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.
A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.
Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.
One who compiles an anthology.
compile an anthology.
A discourse on flowers.
A extravagant fondness for flowers.
Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.
Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among, flowers.
The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family.
Flower bearing; supporting the flower.
A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.
A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party.
The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.
The class of the C/lenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
Pertaining to the Anthozoa. One of the Anthozoa.
Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.
A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.
Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.
Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.
Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.
Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.
Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.
Divination by inspecting a burning coal.
An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.
Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.
A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.
A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis. See also the related conditions pneumomelanosis and pneumoconiosis (black lung).
A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
A carbuncle. A malignant pustule.
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common /museum pest/ is Anthrenus varius; the carpet beetle is Anthrenus scrophulari/. The larv/ are commonly confounded with moths.
Like or related to man; human.
The group that includes man only.
Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.
an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
the evolution or genesis of the human race.
of or pertaining to anthropogenesis; caused by mankind or by humans.
Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.
The science of the human species as to geographical distribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial, commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology which deals with distribution and physical environment.
An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.
That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. An anthropoid ape.
Anthropoid.
The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.
Man worship.
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man.
One who is versed in anthropology.
The science of the structure and functions of the human body.
Divination by the entrails of human being.
Pertaining to anthropometry.
Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.
The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.
Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism.
The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.
One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.
One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc.
Pertaining to anthropomorphism, or anthropomorphitism.
Anthropomorphism.
To attribute a human form or personality to.
The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.
Transformation into the form of a human being.
Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant.
The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment.
Of or pertaining to anthropopathy.
One who ascribes human feelings to deity.
The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.
Man eaters; cannibals.
Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.
One who east human flesh.
A cannibal.
Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
Human nature.
The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features.
Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.
Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.
One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.
The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
See Antihypochondriac.
See Antihysteric.
opposed to legal voluntary abortion.
a person who is opposed to legal voluntary abortion.
designed for or used for defense against attack by aircraft; as, anti-aircraft cannon.
Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions.
One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States.
Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
Opposition to imperialism.
Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing antisemitism.
A westerly wind which blows nearly continuously between 30/ and 50/ of latitude in both the northern and the southern hemisphere.
The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.
See Albumose.
Same as Antaphrodisiac.
Same as Antapoplectic.
A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.
Same as Antasthmatic.
Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.
opposed to authoritarian government.
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
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