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s of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.

hief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

See Ant.

See Anta.

A floral ornament. See Palmette.

ollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

To attribute a human form or personality to. You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.

See Antihypnotic.

See Antihypochondriac.

See Antihysteric.

See Albumose.

See Antechamber.

To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.

Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. Anticlinal line, Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. -- Anticlinal vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the n…

The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear.

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.