Anchorite (n.) Same as Anchoret.
Anchoritess (n.) An anchoress.
Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Anchovy (n.) A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
Anchovy pear () A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Anchusin (n.) A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
Anchylosed (imp. & p. p.) of Anchylose
Anchylosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anchylose
Anchylose (v. t. & i.) To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.
Anchylosis (n.) Alt. of Ankylosis
Ankylosis (n.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.
Ankylosis (n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
Anchylotic (a.) Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
Ancient (a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
Ancient (a.) Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
Ancient (a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
Ancient (a.) Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
Ancient (a.) Experienced; versed.
Ancient (a.) Former; sometime.
Ancient (n.) Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
Ancient (n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
Ancient (n.) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
Ancient (n.) An ensign or flag.
Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
Anciently (adv.) In ancient times.
Anciently (adv.) In an ancient manner.
Ancientness (n.) The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
Ancientry (n.) Antiquity; what is ancient.
Ancientry (n.) Old age; also, old people.
Ancientry (n.) Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
Ancienty (n.) Age; antiquity.
Ancienty (n.) Seniority.
Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
Ancillary (a.) Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
Ancille (n.) A maidservant; a handmaid.
Ancipital (a.) Alt. of Ancipitous
Ancipitous (a.) Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.
Ancle (n.) See Ankle.
Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.
Ancones (pl. ) of Ancon
Ancon (n.) The olecranon, or the elbow.
Ancon (n.) Alt. of Ancone
Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
Ancone (n.) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
Anconal (a.) Alt. of Anconeal
Anconeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
Anconeus (n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
Anconoid (a.) Elbowlike; anconal.
Ancony (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.
-ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
And (conj.) 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.
And (conj.) In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
And (conj.) It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
And (conj.) If; though. See An, conj.
Andabatism (n.) Doubt; uncertainty.
Andalusite (n.) 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.
Andante (a.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.
Andante (n.) A movement or piece in andante time.
Andantino (a.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.
Andarac (n.) Red orpiment.
Andean (a.) Pertaining to the Andes.
Andesine (n.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
Andesite (n.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Andine (a.) Andean; as, Andine flora.
Andiron (n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
Andranatomy (n.) The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.
Androecium (n.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
Androgyne (n.) An hermaphrodite.
Androgyne (n.) An androgynous plant.
Androgynous (a.) Alt. of Androgynal
Androgynal (a.) Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.
Androgynal (a.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
Androgyny (n.) Alt. of Androgynism
Androgynism (n.) Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
Android (n.) Alt. of Androides
Androides (n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
Android (a.) Resembling a man.
Andromeda (n.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
Andromeda (n.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
Andron (n.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.
Androphagi (n. pl.) Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.
Androphagous (a.) Anthropophagous.
Androphore (n.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.
Androphore (n.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
Androsphinx (n.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Androspore (n.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions.
Androtomous (a.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
Androtomy (n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy.
androus () A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
Anear (prep. & adv.) Near.
Anear (v. t. & i.) To near; to approach.
Aneath (prep. & adv.) Beneath.
Anecdotage (n.) Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
Anecdotal (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
Anecdote (n.) Unpublished narratives.
Anecdote (n.) A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
Anecdotic (a.) Alt. of Anecdotical