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One who annuls. [R.]

One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

One who anoints.

mmon 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. Darwin.…

One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."

A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the 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, nearl…

A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).

One who answers.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

One who opposes all government. [R.]

One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.] My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. Massinger.

One who goes before; a predecessor. The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices. Sir E. Sandys.

To anticipate; to make before the true time. And antedate the bliss above. Pope. Who rather rose the day to antedate. Wordsworth.

One who lived before the Deluge.

Before in time; antecedent. Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.

A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

One who compiles an anthology.

ce of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

One who is versed in anthropology.

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.