English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Annunciable
(a.)
That may be announced or declared; declarable.
Annunciate
(v. t.)
To announce.
Annunciate
(p. p. & a.)
Foretold; preannounced.
Annunciated
(imp. & p. p.)
of Annunciate
Annunciating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Annunciate
Annunciation
(n.)
The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation;
as, the annunciation of peace.
Annunciation
(n.)
The announcement of the incarnation, made by the
angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.
Annunciation
(n.)
The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of
England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that
day; Lady Day.
Annunciative
(a.)
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
Annunciator
(n.)
An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room
where attendance is wanted.
Annunciator
(n.)
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the
church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of
the festivals to be celebrated.
Annunciatory
(a.)
Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making
known.
Ano
(n.)
A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida
(Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic
nesting.
Anoa
(n.)
A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to
the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
Anode
(n.)
The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly
the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to
the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
Anodon
(n.)
A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the
hinge.
Anodyne
(a.)
Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic;
anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
Anodyne
(a.)
Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
Anodynous
(a.)
Anodyne.
Anoil
(v. t.)
To anoint with oil.