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5,815 words match “PERTAIN”

ANTIMONIOUS a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.
ANTINOMIAN a.
Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
ANTIOCHIAN a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
ANTIPERISTATIC a.
Pertaining to antiperistasis.
ANTIPHONAL a.
Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.
ANTIPHRASTIC; ANTIPHRASTICAL a.
Pertaining to antiphrasis. -- An`ti*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.
ANTIPODAL a.
Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
ANTIPODEAN a.
Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.
ANTIQUARIAN a.
Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.
ANTIQUARY a.
Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] "Instructed by the antiquary times." Shak.
ANTISTROPHIC a.
Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
ANTITHETIC; ANTITHETICAL a.
Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
ANTITYPICAL a.
Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
ANTONOMASTIC a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. -- An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv.
ANTORBITAL a.
Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. -- n.
AONIAN a.
Pertaining to Aonia, Boeotia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.
AORISTIC a.
Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.
AORTIC a.
Of or pertaining to the aorta.
APENNINE a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.
APHAKIAL a.
Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.
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