English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Anticipation (n.)

Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

Anticipation (n.)

The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

Anticipative (a.)

Anticipating, or containing anticipation.

Anticipator (n.)

One who anticipates.

Anticipatory (a.)

Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.

Anticivic (n.)

Opposed to citizenship.

Anticivism (n.)

Opposition to the body politic of citizens.

Anticked (imp. & p. p.)

of Antic

Antickt

of Antic

Anticlastic (a.)

Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

Anticlimax (n.)

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

Anticlinal (a.)

Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.

Anticlinal (n.)

The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Anticlinoria (pl. )

of Anticlinorium

Anticlinorium (n.)

The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

Anticly (adv.)

Oddly; grotesquely.

Anticness (n.)

The quality of being antic.

Anticonstitutional (a.)

Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

Anticontagious (a.)

Opposing or destroying contagion.

Anticonvulsive (a.)

Good against convulsions.