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- English Word Anachronism Definition A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
- English Word Anachronistic Definition Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
- English Word Anachronize Definition To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
- English Word Anachronous Definition Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.
- English Word Anaclastic Definition Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves.
- English Word Anaclastic Definition Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
- English Word Anaclastics Definition That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.
- English Word Anacoenosis Definition A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
- English Word Anacoluthic Definition Lacking grammatical sequence.
- English Word Anacoluthon Definition A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
- English Word Anaconda Definition A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
- English Word Anacreontic Definition Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.
- English Word Anacreontic Definition A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.
- English Word Anacrotic Definition Pertaining to anachronism.
- English Word Anacrotism Definition A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
- English Word Anacrusis Definition A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
- English Word Anadem Definition A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath.
- English Word Anadiplosis Definition A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."
- English Word Anadrom Definition A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.
- English Word Anadromous Definition Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
- English Word Anadromous Definition Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.
- English Word Anaemia Definition A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
- English Word Anaemic Definition Of or pertaining to anaemia.
- English Word Anaerobic Definition Relating to, or like, anaerobies; anaerobiotic.
- English Word Anaerobies Definition Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.
- English Word Anaerobiotic Definition Related to, or of the nature of, anaerobies.
- English Word Anaesthesia Definition Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic.
- English Word Anaesthesis Definition See Anaesthesia.
- English Word Anaesthetic Definition Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.
- English Word Anaesthetic Definition Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anaesthetic effect or operation.