English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Antiscorbutic
(a.)
Counteracting scurvy.
Antiscorbutic
(n.)
A remedy for scurvy.
Antiscorbutical
(a.)
Antiscorbutic.
Antiscriptural
(a.)
Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy
Scriptures.
Antisepalous
(a.)
Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
Antiseptic
(n.)
A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or
destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic
acid, alcohol, cinchona.
Antiseptic
(a.)
Alt. of Antiseptical
Antiseptical
(a.)
Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a
putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
Antiseptically
(adv.)
By means of antiseptics.
Antislavery
(a.)
Opposed to slavery.
Antislavery
(n.)
Opposition to slavery.
Antisocial
(a.)
Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse;
averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial
principles.
Antisocialist
(n.)
One opposed to the doctrines and practices of
socialists or socialism.
Antisolar
(a.)
Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens
180¡ distant from the sun.
Antispasmodic
(a.)
Good against spasms.
Antispasmodic
(n.)
A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or
convulsions.
Antispast
(n.)
A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short,
and the second and third long (#).
Antispastic
(a.)
Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic.
Antispastic
(n.)
An antispastic agent.
Antispastic
(a.)
Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors
from one part to another.