English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Anantherous
(a.)
Destitute of anthers.
Ananthous
(a.)
Destitute of flowers; flowerless.
Alt. of Anapaestic
Same as Anapest, Anapestic.
Anapest
(n.)
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first
two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the
reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#,
are examples of anapests.
Anapest
(n.)
A verse composed of such feet.
Anapestic
(a.)
Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as,
an anapestic meter, foot, verse.
Anapestic
(n.)
Anapestic measure or verse.
Anapestical
(a.)
Anapestic.
Anaphora
(n.)
A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of
two or more successive clauses.
Anaphrodisia
(n.)
Absence of sexual appetite.
Anaphrodisiac
(a. & n.)
Same as Antaphrodisiac.
Anaphroditic
(a.)
Produced without concourse of sexes.
Anaplastic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
Anaplasty
(n.)
The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the
normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
Anaplerotic
(a.)
Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
Anaplerotic
(n.)
A remedy which promotes such granulation.
Anapnograph
(n.)
A form of spirometer.
Anapnoic
(a.)
Relating to respiration.
Anapodeictic
(a.)
Not apodeictic; undemonstrable.