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- English Word Antediluvian Definition One who lived before the Deluge.
- English Word Antefact Definition Something done before another act.
- English Word Antefix Definition An ornament fixed upon a frieze.
- English Word Antefix Definition An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.
- English Word Antefix Definition An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.
- English Word Antefixa Definition of Antefix
- English Word Antefixes Definition of Antefix
- English Word Anteflexion Definition A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself.
- English Word Antelope Definition One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.
- English Word Antelucan Definition Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning.
- English Word Antemeridian Definition Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)
- English Word Antemetic Definition Tending to check vomiting.
- English Word Antemetic Definition A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
- English Word Antemosaic Definition Being before the time of Moses.
- English Word Antemundane Definition Being or occurring before the creation of the world.
- English Word Antemural Definition An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
- English Word Antenatal Definition Before birth.
- English Word Antenicene Definition Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.
- English Word Antenna Definition A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.
- English Word Antennae Definition of Antenna