English English Dictionary

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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.

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.

Androgyne (n.)

An hermaphrodite.

Androgyne (n.)

An androgynous plant.

Androgynism (n.)

Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

Androgynous (a.)

Alt. of Androgynal

Androgyny (n.)

Alt. of Androgynism

Android (n.)

Alt. of Androides

Android (a.)

Resembling a man.

Androides (n.)

A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

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.)

The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.