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A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray.

A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]

Divination by inspecting a burning coal.

An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.

Divination by the entrails of human being.

Pertaining to anthropometry.

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

Of or pertaining to anthromorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

to anthropomorphism. Kitto.

Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.

tribute a human form or personality to. You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.

The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

Transformation into the form of a human being.

Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthromorphous plant. "Anthromorphous apes." Darwin.