Webster's Dictionary 1913

4159

Angulosity

An′gu‐los″i‐ty (�), n. A state of being angulous or angular.

4160

Angulous

An″gu‐lous (�), a. [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.] Angular; having corners; hooked.Held together by hooks and angulous involutions.Glanvill.

4161

Angust

An‐gust″ (�), a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait.

4162

Angustate

An‐gus″tate (�), a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.] Narrowed.

4163

Angustation

An′gus‐ta″tion (�), n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

4164

Angusticlave

An‐gus″ti‐clave (ăn‐gŭs″tĭ‐klāv), n. [L. angustus narrow + clavus a nail, a stripe.] (Rom. Antiq.) A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a s...

4165

Angustifoliate

{ An‐gus′ti‐fo″li‐ate (ăn‐gŭs′tĭ‐fō″lĭ‐ā̍t), An‐gus′ti‐fo″li‐ous (ăn‐gŭs′tĭ‐fō″lĭ‐ŭs), } a. [L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright.

4166

Angustura bark

An′gus‐tu″ra bark′ (�). See Angostura bark.

4167

Angwantibo

‖An′gwan‐ti″bo (�), n.(Zoöl.) A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

4168

Anhang

An‐hang″ (�), v. t. [AS. onhangian.] To hang. Chaucer.

4169

Anharmonic

An′har‐mon″ic (�), a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. αν̓ priv. + � harmonic.] (Math.) Not harmonic.The anharmonic function or ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quan...

4170

Anhelation

An′he‐la″tion (�), n. [L. anhelatio, fr. anhelare to pant; an (perh. akin to E. on) + halare to breathe: cf. F. anhélation.] Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.

4171

Anhele

An‐hele″ (�), v. i. [Cf. OF. aneler, anheler. See Anhelation.] To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).They anhele... for the fruit of our convocation.Latimer.

4172

Anhelose

An″he‐lose (�), a. Anhelous; panting.

4173

Anhelous

An‐he″lous (�), a. [L. anhelus.] Short of breath; panting.

4174

Anhima

‖An″hi‐ma (�), n. A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

4175

Anhinga

‖An‐hin″ga (�), n.(Zoöl.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.

4176

Anhistous

An‐his″tous (�), a. [Gr. αν̓ priv. + ιστὅσ web, tissue: cf. F. anhiste.] (Biol.) Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.

4177

Anhungered

An‐hun″gered (�), a. Ahungered; longing.

4178

Anhydride

An‐hy″dride (�), n. [See Anhydrous.] (Chem.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; — so called ...

4179

Anhydrite

An‐hy″drite (�), n. [See Anhydrous.] (Min.) A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not co...

4180

Anhydrous

An‐hy″drous (�), a. [Gr. � wanting water; αν̓ priv. + ὕδωρ water.] Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.

4181

Ani

‖A″ni (�) or ‖A″no (�), n.(Zoöl.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.

4182

Anicut

‖An″i‐cut, ‖An″ni‐cut (�), n. [Tamil anai kattu dam building.] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. Bra...

4183

Anidiomatical

An‐id′i‐o‐mat″ic‐al (�), a. [Gr. αν̓ priv. + E. idiomatical.] Not idiomatic. Landor.

4184

Anient

{ An″i‐ent, An′i‐en″tise (�), } v. t. [OF. anientir, F. anéantir.] To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. Chaucer.

4185

Anigh

A‐nigh″ (�), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + nigh.] Nigh.