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  • English Word Ancientry Definition Old age; also, old people.
  • English Word Ancientry Definition Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
  • English Word Ancienty Definition Age; antiquity.
  • English Word Ancienty Definition Seniority.
  • English Word Ancile Definition The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
  • English Word Ancillary Definition Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
  • English Word Ancille Definition A maidservant; a handmaid.
  • English Word Ancipital Definition Alt. of Ancipitous
  • English Word Ancipitous Definition Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
  • English Word Ancistroid Definition Hook-shaped.
  • English Word Ancle Definition See Ankle.
  • English Word Ancome Definition A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.
  • English Word Ancon Definition The olecranon, or the elbow.
  • English Word Ancon Definition Alt. of Ancone
  • English Word Anconal Definition Alt. of Anconeal
  • English Word Ancone Definition The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
  • English Word Ancone Definition A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
  • English Word Anconeal Definition Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
  • English Word Ancones Definition of Ancon
  • English Word Anconeus Definition A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
  • English Word Anconoid Definition Elbowlike; anconal.
  • English Word Ancony Definition A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.
  • English Word And Definition A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
  • English Word And Definition In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
  • English Word And Definition It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
  • English Word And Definition If; though. See An, conj.
  • English Word Andabatism Definition Doubt; uncertainty.
  • English Word Andalusite Definition A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.
  • English Word Andante Definition Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.
  • English Word Andante Definition A movement or piece in andante time.