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A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.

Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether. Amylic alcohol (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent, colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.…

A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.

A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis." The anabasis of Napoleon. De Quincey.

The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.

Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument. Johnson.

One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne.

A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley.

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.

Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.

ing lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. Anathema Maranatha Etym: (see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate…

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.

slack cable entangled. -- The anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. -- The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. -- The anchor is atrip, or aweigh, when it is lifted out of the ground. -- The anchor is aw…

by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.

A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.