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55,974 words match “AN”

ANGERLY adv.
Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic] Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak.
ANGEVINE a.
Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. -- n. A native of Anjou.
ANGIENCHYMA n.
Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
ANGINA n.
Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the c…
ANGINOUS; ANGINOSE a.
Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
ANGIO- n.
A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
ANGIOCARPOUS a. 2 definitions
part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C.
ANGIOGRAPHY n.
A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
ANGIOLOGY n.
That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
ANGIOMA n.
A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS a.
Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
ANGIONEUROSIS n.
Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.
ANGIOPATHY n.
Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels.
ANGIOSCOPE n.
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.
ANGIOSPERM n.
A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
ANGIOSPERMATOUS a.
Same as Angiospermous.
ANGIOSPERMOUS a.
Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
ANGIOSPOROUS a.
Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi.
ANGIOSTOMOUS a.
With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
ANGIOTOMY n.
Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.
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