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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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ANTEPOSITION n.
The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
ANTHERIDIUM n.
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.
ANTHERIFEROUS a.
Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray.
ANTHEROGENOUS a.
Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.
ANTHESIS n.
The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.
ANTHOBIAN n.
A beetle which feeds on flowers.
ANTHODIUM n.
The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.
ANTHOGRAPHY n.
A description of flowers.
ANTHOID a.
Resembling a flower; flowerlike.
ANTHOKYAN n.
The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.
ANTHOLITE n.
A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.
ANTHOLOGY n. 3 definitions
A discourses on flowers. [R.]
ANTHOMANIA n.
A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]
ANTHOPHAGOUS a.
Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.
ANTHOPHILOUS a.
Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among, flowers.
ANTHOPHOROUS a.
Flower bearing; supporting the flower.
ANTHOPHYLLITE n.
A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.
ANTHOTAXY n.
The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.
ANTHRAQUINONE n.
A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
ANTHROPOMORPHIZE v.
an form or personality to. You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.
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