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

The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.] He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.

Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown /or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

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 it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the surface and…

Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.

A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

he ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

Good against intestinal worms. -- An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelminthic.]

ower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.

Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.

The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

illation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written also anthracin.]

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

A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

nic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.

man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

ed by growing a bacterium (Bacterium anthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp. cattle.

ludes industrial, commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology which deals with distribution and physical environment. -- An`thro*po*ge*og"ra*pher (#), n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph"ic*al (#), a.

Man eaters; cannibals. Shak.