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ANAGLYPTOGRAPHY n.
or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.
ANALOGICAL a.
n, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy. When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical. J. S. Mill.
ANALOGIST n.
One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne.
ANALOGUE n.
same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such species are often called representative species, and such genera, representative genera. Dana.
ANALYSIS n. 2 definitions
nation of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
ANALYZE v.
elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin.
ANAMORPHOSIS n.
A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
ANATHEMA n.
ered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."
ANATOMY n.
r dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. Shak.
AND conj.
ction or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
ANDESITE n.
An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
ANDROMEDA n.
A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
ANGELOLOGY n.
, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman.
ANGLO-SAXONISM n.
The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.
ANGRY a.
Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice Eccles. v. 6.
ANILINISM n.
A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.
ANIMAL a.
Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
ANIMALIZE v. 2 definitions
To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form. Warburton.
ANKYLOSTOMIASIS n.
inaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.
ANNOUNCE v.
To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Publish laws, announce Or life or death. Prior.
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