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A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size; -- opposed to isospore.

Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

Of unequal strength.

Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.

Anisotropic.

The univalent radical, CH3OC6H4, of which anisol is the hydride.

Same as Anchylosis.

A disease due to the presence of the parasites Agchylostoma duodenale, Uncinaria (subgenus Necator) americana, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's…

A writer of annals. The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume.

Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style."A stiff annalistic method." Sir G. C. Lewis.

One who favors annexation.

An annexationist. [R.]

One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

An annotator. [R.]

One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]

A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.

An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker.

Irregular; departing from common or established rules.

With irregularity.

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