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ly (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.

The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.

f the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.

Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

asicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

those ancient empires of the earth. Milton. Gildas Albanius . . . much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise. Fuller.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

ation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.

A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] Chaucer.

A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky h…

s anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).

eveloped in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. -- Animal flower (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. -- Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by m…

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

ct of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.

To name. [R.]

A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. [R.] J. R. Seeley.

Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown /or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.