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ates. Anglo-Danish, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England. Anglo-Indian, a. Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. -- n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or per…

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.

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.

A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. -- Angora goat (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.

Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

ganic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

[Obs.] The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. Glanvill.

One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith.

e top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

numbers they produce a severe anæmia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.

One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.

ight, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. Milton.

That may be Annulled.

The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because it is usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation.

take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.

Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.…

A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

nt, an address, or the like; a reply. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Prov. xv. 1. I called him, but he gave me no answer. Cant. v. 6.