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See Antiorgastic.

fication of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.

Relating to an antrum.

A cavern. [Obs.] Shak.

Forward or upward in direction. Gray.

To bend forward. [R.] Owen.

A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus. Huxley.

A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.

Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock.

Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. Darwin.

Being in a state of abeyance.

A medicine that diminishes irritation.

A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. "Absonant to nature." Quarles.

Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." Exod. xxxiv. 6. Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficie…

In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

Same as Acanthus.

A prickle.

Armed with prickles, as a plant.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.