English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Anthraquinone
(n.)
A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining
yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
Anthrax
(n.)
An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed
to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the
spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted
to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled
with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.
Anthrax
(n.)
A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis),
resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
Anthrax
(n.)
A carbuncle.
Anthrax
(n.)
A malignant pustule.
Anthrenus
(n.)
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the
larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The
common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A.
scrophulariae. The larvae are commonly confounded with moths.
Anthropic
(a.)
Alt. of Anthropical
Anthropical
(a.)
Like or related to man; human.
Anthropidae
(n. pl.)
The group that includes man only.
Anthropocentric
(a.)
Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; --
applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar
system.
Anthropogenic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
Anthropogeny
(n.)
The science or study of human generation, or the
origin and development of man.
Anthropoglot
(n.)
An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man,
as the parrot.
Anthropography
(n.)
That branch of anthropology which treats of the
actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as
distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and
customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically
of the origin and filiation of races and nations.
Anthropoid
(a.)
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes,
as the ourang or gorilla.
Anthropoid
(n.)
An anthropoid ape.
Anthropoidal
(a.)
Anthropoid.
Anthropoidea
(n. pl.)
The suborder of primates which includes the
monkeys, apes, and man.
Anthropolatry
(n.)
Man worship.
Anthropolite
(n.)
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion
of it.