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Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.

Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.…

n 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 female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which…

Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]

Pertaining to Antæus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

An outer porch or vestibule.

The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

A malignant pustule.

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule. Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey.

Relieving flatulence; carminative.

The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.

An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly imposthume.]

papacy; papal. Apostolical brief. See under Brief. -- Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on account of its ap…

the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. Landor.

One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor. Though Heaven be shut, And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure. Milton. Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace. Addison.

A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).

Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture. -- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv.