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Anthropophagous.

A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including A. sorghum and A. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johns…

A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.

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

Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. Angora cat (Zoöl.), a variety of the 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 h…

An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.

A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain, leaving only the shell.

Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

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.

Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.

Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous. Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.

Checking the flow of saliva.

An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.