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-- Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings. -- Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.

A gradual progression from one type to another, generally ascending. Huxley.

Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; as, anaptotic languages.

Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

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. Darwin.

Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

Tending to check vomiting. -- n.

work of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

Something to lessea. Tending to lessen friction.

Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- n.

Tending to prevent sleep. -- n.

Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. -- n.

Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.