English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Antizymic
(a.)
Preventing fermentation.
Antizymotic
(a.)
Preventing fermentation or decomposition.
Antizymotic
(n.)
An agent so used.
Antler
(n.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
Antlered
(a.)
Furnished with antlers.
Antlia
(n.)
The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See
Lepidoptera.
Antoeci
(n. pl)
Alt. of Antoecians
Antoecians
(n. pl)
Those who live under the same meridian, but on
opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.
Antonomasia
(n.)
The use of some epithet or the name of some office,
dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when
his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say,
the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an
appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent
orator a Cicero.
Antonomastic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.
Antonomasy
(n.)
Antonomasia.
Antonym
(n.)
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a
correlative of synonym.
Antorbital
(a.)
Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front
of the orbit.
Antorbital
(n.)
The antorbital bone.
Antorgastic
(a.)
See Antiorgastic.
Antozone
(n.)
A compound formerly supposed to be modification of
oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because
apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.
Antra
(pl. )
of Antrum
Antral
(a.)
Relating to an antrum.
Antre
(n.)
A cavern.
Antrorse
(a.)
Forward or upward in direction.