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sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.

An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.

and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.

A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force…

The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.

mate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter. Tylor.

The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Brande & C.

A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.

Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.

Having unequal petals.

Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.

A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8