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Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.…

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

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal.

A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone.…

Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

me or character; -- opposed to analogous. Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.

A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.

n as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.

Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. Coxe.

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.