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11,647 words match “TAIN”

ANAPLASTIC a.
Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
ANARCHIC; ANARCHICAL a.
Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
ANARTHROPODOUS a.
Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda.
ANAS n.
A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
ANASTATIC a.
Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
ANASTOMOTIC a.
Of or pertaining to anastomosis.
ANATHEMATIC; ANATHEMATICAL a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
ANATINE a.
Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
ANCESTRAL a.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." Hemans.
ANCHOR n. 4 definitions
n), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
ANCHORETIC; ANCHORETICAL a.
Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
ANCHUSIN n.
A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
ANCHYLOTIC a.
Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
ANCIENTRY n.
Antiquity; what is ancient. They contain not word of ancientry. West.
ANCIPITAL; ANCIPITOUS a.
Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
ANCONAL; ANCONEAL a.
Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.
ANDABATISM n.
Doubt; uncertainty. [Obs.] Shelford.
ANDEAN a.
Pertaining to the Andes.
ANECDOTAL a.
Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
ANECDOTIC; ANECDOTICAL a.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. "Anecdotical traditions." Bolingbroke.
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