ANTIMONIC
ANTIMO'NIC, adjective Pertaining to antimony; the antimonic acid is a peroxide of antimony.
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ANTIMONIOUS
ANTIMO'NIOUS, adjective Pertaining to antimony. The antimonious acid is a deutoxyd of antimony.
ANTIMONITE
AN'TIMONITE, noun A compound of antimonious acid and a base.
ANTIMONY
AN'TIMONY, noun [Low Latin antimonium.]Primarily, a metallic ore consisting of sulphur combined with a metal; the sulphuret of antimony the stibium of the Romans and of the Gree...
ANTIMORALIST
ANTIMOR'ALIST, noun An opposer of morality.
ANTIMUSICAL
ANTIMU'SICAL, adjective Opposed to music; having no ear for music.
ANTINEPHRITIC
ANTINEPHRIT'IC, adjective [anti, and nephritic, which see.]Counteracting diseases of the kidneys.ANTINEPHRIT'IC, noun A medicine that tends to remove diseases of the kidneys.
ANTINOMIAN
ANTINO'MIAN, adjective [Gr. against, and law.] Against law; pertaining to the Antinomians.ANTINO'MIAN, noun One of a sect who maintain, that, under the gospel dispensation, the ...
ANTINOMIANISM
ANTINO'MIANISM, noun The tenets of Antinomians.
ANTINOMIST
AN'TINOMIST, noun One who pays no regard to the law, or to good works.
ANTINOMY
AN'TINOMY, noun A contradiction between two laws, or between two parts of the same law.
ANTIOCHIAN
ANTIO'CHIAN, adjective Pertaining to Antiochus, the founder of a sect of philosophers, contemporary with Cicero. This sect was a branch of the academics, though Antiochus was a ...
ANTIPAPAL
ANTIPA'PAL, adjective Opposing popery.
ANTIPAPISTIC
ANTIPAPIS'TIC,ANTIPAPIS'TICAL, adjective Opposed to popery or papacy.
ANTIPAPISTICAL
ANTIPAPIS'TICAL, a. Opposed to popery or papacy.
ANTIPARALLEL
ANTIPAR'ALLEL, adjective Running in a contrary direction.
ANTIPARALYTIC
ANTIPARALYT'IC, adjective [paralytic, which see.] Good against the palsy.ANTIPARALYT'IC, noun A remedy for the palsy.
ANTIPATHETIC
ANTIPATHET'IC,ANTIPATHET'ICAL, adjective [See Antipathy.]Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion to a thing.
ANTIPATHETICAL
ANTIPATHET'ICAL, a. [See Antipathy.]Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion to a thing.
ANTIPATHETICALNESS
ANTIPATHET'ICALNESS, noun The quality or state of having an aversion or contrariety to a thing.
ANTIPATHY
ANTIP'ATHY, noun [Gr. against, and feeling.]1. Natural aversion; instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling; an aversion felt at the presence, real or ideal, of a particul...
ANTIPATRIOTIC
ANTIPATRIOT'IC, adjective Not patriotic; opposing the interests of one's country.Antipatriotic prejudices.
ANTIPEDOBAPTIST
ANTIPEDOBAP'TIST, noun [Gr. against, a child, and baptize.]One who is opposed to the baptism of infants.
ANTIPERISTALTIC
ANTIPERISTAL'TIC, adjective [See Peristaltic.]Opposed to peristaltic; retroverted, as in vomiting; as, the antiperistaltic motion of the intestines.
ANTIPERISTASIS
ANTIPERIS'TASIS, noun [Gr. against, and a standing around.]The opposition of a contrary quality, by which the quality opposed acquires strength; or the action by which a body at...
ANTIPERISTATIC
ANTIPERISTAT'IC, adjective Pertaining to antiperistasis.
ANTIPESTILENTIAL
ANTIPESTILEN'TIAL, adjective [anti and pestilential, which see.]Counteracting contagion or infection; having the quality of opposing or destroying pestilential diseases.