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malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the femal…

Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.

The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

Being before, or in front. [R.] J. Fleming.

The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby.

Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. "Antelucan worship." De Quincey.

Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)

Being before the time of Moses.

Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young.

The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.

Divination by the entrails of human being.

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

The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

Transformation into the form of a human being.

The quality of being antic. Ford.

A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.

A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.

The condition or state of being free from fever.

Quality of being antiquated.

The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. Beaumont.