Androphagi
‖An‐droph″a‐gi (ăn‐drŏf″ȧ‐jĭ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ανδροφἄγοσ; ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, man + φαγει̑ν to eat.] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Androphagous
An‐droph″a‐gous (�), a. Anthropophagous.
Androphore
An″dro‐phore (�), n. [Gr. ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, man + � to bear.] 1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.2. (Zoöl.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears th...
Andropogon
‖An′dro‐po″gon (?), n. [NL.; Gr. ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, man + πώγων the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes th...
Androsphinx
An″dro‐sphinx (–sfĭṉks), n. [Gr. ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, man + σφίγξ sphinx.] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Androspore
An″dro‐spore (�), n. [Gr. ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, a man + � a seed.] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions.
Androtomous
An‐drot″o‐mous (�), a.(Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
Androtomy
An‐drot″o‐my (�), n. [Gr. ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, man + � a cutting. Cf. Anatomy.] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy.
androus
‐an″drous (�). [Gr. ανἤρ, ανδρὄσ, a man.] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
Anear
A‐near″ (�), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + near.] Near. “It did not come anear.” Coleridge.The measure of misery anear us.I. Taylor.
Anear (2)
A‐near″, v. t. & i. To near; to approach.
Aneath
A‐neath″ (�), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.] Beneath.
Anecdotage
An″ec‐do′tage (�), n. Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue ...
Anecdotal
An″ec‐do′tal (�), a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
Anecdote
An″ec‐dote (�), n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. � not published; αν̓ priv. + � given out, � to give out, to publish; � out + � to give. See Dose, n.] 1. pl. Unpublished narratives. Bur...
Anecdotic
{ An′ec‐dot″ic (�), An′ec‐dot″ic‐al (�), } a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. “Anecdotical traditions.” Bolingbroke.
Anecdotist
An″ec‐do″tist (�), n. One who relates or collects anecdotes.
Anelace
An″e‐lace (�), n. Same as Anlace.
Anele
A‐nele″ (�), v. t. [OE. anelien; an on + AS. ele oil, L. oleum. See Oil, Anoil.] 1. To anoint. Shipley.2. To give extreme unction to. R. of Brunne.
Anelectric
An′e‐lec″tric (�), a. [Gr. αν̓ priv. + E. electric.] (Physics) Not becoming electrified by friction; — opposed to idioelectric. — n. A substance incapable of being electrified b...
Anelectrode
An′e‐lec″trode (�), n. [Gr. � up + E. electrode.] (Elec.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery.
Anelectrotonus
‖An′e‐lec‐trot″o‐nus (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � up + E. electrotonus.] (Physiol.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anod...
Anemogram
A‐nem″o‐gram (�), n. [Gr. � wind + -gram.] A record made by an anemograph.
Anemograph
A‐nem″o‐graph (–grȧf), n. [Gr. � wind + -graph.] An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.
Anemographic
A‐nem′o‐graph″ic (ȧ‐nĕm′ō̍‐grăf″ĭk), a. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
Anemography
An′e‐mog″ra‐phy (�), n. [Gr. � wind + -graphy.] 1. A description of the winds.2. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
Anemology
An′e‐mol″o‐gy (�), n. [Gr. � wind + -logy.] The science of the wind.