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11,647 words match “TAIN”

ANTHROPOTOMICAL a.
Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.
ANTIARIN n.
A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.
ANTIBODY n.
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.
ANTIBRACHIAL a.
Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
ANTIBUBONIC a.
Good or used against bubonic plague; as, antibubonic serum, obtained from immunized horses; antibubonic vaccine, a sterilized bouillon culture of the plague bacillus; antibubonic measures.
ANTICIPATIVE a.
Anticipating, or containing anticipation. "Anticipative of the feast to come." Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv.
ANTILEGOMENA n.
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…
ANTIMONIAL a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to antimony. -- n. (Med.)
ANTIMONIC a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
ANTIMONIOUS a.
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.
ANTIMONIURETED a.
Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]
ANTINOMIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
ANTIOCHIAN a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
ANTIPERISTATIC a.
Pertaining to antiperistasis.
ANTIPHONAL a.
Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.
ANTIPHONARY n.
A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
ANTIPHRASTIC; ANTIPHRASTICAL a.
Pertaining to antiphrasis. -- An`ti*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.
ANTIPODAL a.
Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
ANTIPODEAN a.
Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.
ANTIQUARIAN a.
Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.
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