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A hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.

Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl; as, amylic ether. Amylic alcohol (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent, colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.…

A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

h is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.

A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

He wrought but some few hours of the day, and then would he seem very grave and ancient. Holland.

A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]

A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman.

A member of the Church of England. Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists. Burke.

of being inclined to anger. Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. Whole Duty of Man.

rly a uniform temperature. -- Animal spirits. See under Spirit. -- Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variousl…

The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.

Psychology. [Obs.]

irit; the state of being animate or alive. The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.

give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland.

Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.

The univalent radical CH3OC6H4CH2; as, anisyl alcohol.

cting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson.