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ANGLO- n.
ned with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. -- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States. Anglo-Danish, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or…
ANGLO-CATHOLIC a.
Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.
ANGLO-CATHOLICISM n.
of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant.
ANGLO-SAXON n. 2 definitions
A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.
ANGLO-SAXONDOM n.
The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.
ANGOSTURA BARK n.
An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.
ANGUINE a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. "The anguine or snakelike reptiles." Owen.
ANGULO-DENTATE a.
Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
ANHYDRITE n.
lor, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).
ANILIC a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]
ANILINE n.
tom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
ANIMADVERSIVE a.
ving the power of perceiving; percipient. [Archaic] Glanvill. I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge.
ANIMAL a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
ANIMALCULAR; ANIMALCULINE a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcular life." Tyndall.
ANIMALCULISM n.
The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.
ANIMASTIC a.
Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.
ANIMIST n.
One who maintains the doctrine of animism.
ANIMISTIC a.
Of or pertaining to animism. Huxley. Tylor.
ANKER n.
easure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8
ANKERITE n.
A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
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