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Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv.

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

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

o something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J. H. Newman. nalogous pole (Pyroelect.), that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when…

Destitute of stamen

Destitute of anthers. Gray.

Destitute of flowers; flowerless.

One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.

Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.

Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive.

Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman.

Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.

in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray.

A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.

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

A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

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

Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx.

Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*o"cism, -di*e"cism (#), n.

; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.