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Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.

ize. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller.

Immorality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. -- a. Ambrosial; immortal.

uid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

Analcime.

Produced without concourse of sexes.

One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.

Same as Anchoret.

An anchoress. [R.]

Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

urring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity. The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper. Macaulay.

A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

The state or quality of being English.

The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]

A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).

The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage. "Marks of anility." Sterne.

Animal existence or nature. Locke.