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To anneal. [R.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

Anguineous.

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

One who, or that which, anneals.

The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

Self-produced; autogenous.

Of or pertaining to a bath. Howell.

Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

Southern Anerica, of the Cactus familly, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to the cornea.

Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.

Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.

Genealogical.

Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order. -- Gen`e*a*log"ic*al*ly, adv. Genealogical tree, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.

One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

To investigate, or relate the history of, descents.