AMYLINE
AM'YLINE, noun [Latin amylum; Gr. unground, a mill.]A farinaceous substance between gum and starch.
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AMYRALDISM
AM'YRALDISM, noun In church history, the doctrine of universal grace, as explained by Amyraldus, or Amyrault, of France, in the seventeenth century. He taught that God desires t...
AMYZTLI
AMYZ'TLI, noun A Mexican name of the sealion, an amphibious quadruped, inhabiting the shores and rivers of America, on the Pacific ocean. Its body is three feet in length, and i...
AN
AN, adjective [Latin unus, una, unum; Gr.]One; noting an individual, either definitely, known, certain, specified, or understood; or indefinitely, not certain, known, or specifi...
ANA
A'NA, aa, or adjective [Gr.]In medical prescriptions, it signifies an equal quantity of the several ingredients; as, wine and honey, ana aa or a that is, of wine and honey each ...
ANABAPTISM
ANABAP'TISM, noun [See Anabaptist.] The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
ANABAPTIST
ANABAP'TIST, noun [Gr. again, and a baptist.]One who holds the doctrine of the baptism of adults, or of the invalidity of infant baptism, and the necessity of rebaptization in a...
ANABAPTISTIC
ANABAPTIST'IC,ANABAPTIST'ICAL, adjective Relating to the Anabaptists, or to their doctrines.
ANABAPTISTICAL
ANABAPTIST'ICAL, a. Relating to the Anabaptists, or to their doctrines.
ANABAPTISTRY
ANABAP'TISTRY, noun The sect of Anabaptists.
ANABAPTIZE
ANABAPTI'ZE, verb transitive To rebaptize. [Not used.]
ANACA
ANACA, noun A species of parakeet, about the size of a lark; the crown of the head is a dark red, the upper part of the neck, sides, back and wings are green.
ANACAMPTIC
ANACAMP'TIC, adjective [Gr. to bend.]1. Reflecting or reflected; a word formerly applied to that part of optics, which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catop...
ANACAMPTICS
ANACAMP'TICS, noun The doctrine of reflected light. [See Catoptrics.]
ANACARDIUM
ANACAR'DIUM, noun The cashew-nut, or marking nut, which produces a thickish, red, caustic, inflammable liquor, which, when used in marking, turns black, and is very durable.
ANACATHARTIC
ANACATHAR'TIC, adjective [Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.]Throwing upwards; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, etc.ANACATHAR'TIC, noun A medicine which exci...
ANACHORET
ANACHORET. [See anchoret.]
ANACHRONISM
ANACH'RONISM, noun [Gr. time.]An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events are misplaced.
ANACHRONISTIC
ANACHRONIS'TIC, adjective Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
ANACLASTIC
ANACLAS'TIC, adjective [Gr. breaking, from to break.]Refracting; breaking the rectilinear course of light.Anaclastic glasses, sonorous glasses or phials, which are flexible, and...
ANACLASTICS
ANACLAS'TICS, noun That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light, commonly called dioptrics, which see.
ANACOENOSIS
ANACOENO'SIS, noun [Gr. common.]A figure of rhetoric, by which a speaker applies to his opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
ANACONDA
ANACOND'A, noun A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of Boa, which is said to devour travelers. Its flesh is excellent food.
ANACREONTIC
ANACREON'TIC, adjective Pertaining to Anacreon, a Greek poet, whose odes and epigrams are celebrated for their delicate, easy and graceful air, and for their exact imitation of ...
ANADEME
AN'ADEME, noun [Gr.] A chaplet or crown of flowers.
ANADIPLOSIS
ANADIPLO'SIS, noun [Gr. again, and double.]Duplication, a figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting in the repetition of the last word or words in a line or clause of a sentence...
ANADROMOUS
ANAD'ROMOUS, adjective [Gr. upward and course.]Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the sea into fresh waters, at stated seasons.