<B>anesthetic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a substance that causes entire or partial loss of the feeling of pain, touch, cold, or other sensation. Ether, chloroform, and procaine are anesthetics used by doctors so that patients will feel no pain. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>causing anesthesia. <BR> <I>Ex. an anesthetic gas.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or with anesthesia. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) unfeeling. adv. <B>anesthetically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anesthetist">
<B>anesthetist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who administers anesthesia, especially during an operation. Also, (especially British,) <B>anaesthetist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anesthetize">
<B>anesthetize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-tized,</B> <B>-tizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make (a person, animal, or area of the body) unable to feel pain, touch, cold, or other sensation; make insensible. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to lessen or deaden (the emotional or critical response of a person). Also, (especially British,) <B>anaesthetise.</B> noun <B>anesthetization.</B> noun <B>anesthetizer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anestrum">
<B>anestrum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) the inactive period of the estrous cycle. </DL>
<A NAME="anethole">
<B>anethole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the chief constituent of the essential oils of anise and fennel, used as a perfuming agent, especially in soaps and toothpastes. </DL>
<B>aneurysm</B> or <B>aneurism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a permanent swelling of an artery or vein, caused by pressure of the blood on a weakened part. Aneurysms are caused congenitally or by disease or injury. </DL>
<A NAME="aneurysmal">
<B>aneurysmal</B> or <B>aneurismal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or caused by aneurysm. <DD><B> 2. </B>affected with aneurysm. </DL>
<A NAME="anew">
<B>anew, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>once more; again. <BR> <I>Ex. He made so many mistakes he had to begin his work anew.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in a new form or different way. <BR> <I>Ex. The architect planned the building anew.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anfractuosity">
<B>anfractuosity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or state of being full of windingsand turnings. <DD><B> 2. </B>a passage, channel, or crevice full of turnings and windings. </DL>
<A NAME="anfractuous">
<B>anfractuous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of windings and turnings; sinuous; roundabout; circuitous. <BR> <I>Ex. On the coast, the anfractuous cliffs are dotted with a series of promontory forts made long before the dawn of history (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ang">
<B>ANG</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> American Newspaper Guild. </DL>
<A NAME="angary">
<B>angary, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the right of a belligerent nation to seize, use, or destroy property belonging to neutrals. </DL>
<A NAME="angekok">
<B>angekok</B> or <B>angakok, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Eskimo sorcerer, medicine man, or shaman. </DL>
<A NAME="angel">
<B>angel, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a messenger from God; (in some religious beliefs) one of an order of spiritual beings that are attendants of God. <BR> <I>Ex. The angels told the shepherds about the birth of Christ.</I> (SYN) seraph, cherub. <DD><B> 2. </B>a conventional representation of such a being, usually as a winged human figure clothed in white. <BR> <I>Ex. Angels are painted fair (Thomas Otway).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a person as pure, innocent, good, or lovely as an angel. <BR> <I>Ex. She is an angel among women.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>any supernatural (but not divine) spirit, either good or bad. <BR> <I>Ex. Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular, all his life long (Robert Burton).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a guardian or attendant spirit. <BR> <I>Ex. I to her became Her guardian and her angel (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) a messenger; herald. <BR> <I>Ex. Soft breezes, the angels of Spring.</I> (SYN) harbinger. <DD><B> 7. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a person who pays for producing a play; financial backer; sponsor. <BR> <I>Ex. But in any show, the initial cost is not nearly so important as operating expenses. They determine how soon--if ever--an angel gets his money back (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>an English gold coin in use between 1465 and 1634. <DD><B> 9. </B>an unexplained, invisible phenomenon that causes a radar echo. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (U.S. Slang.) to provide financial backing or support for (a play, or other theatrical production). (SYN) sponsor, subsidize, finance. <BR><I>expr. <B>on the side of the angels,</B> </I>on the virtuous or right side; acting worthily or honorably. <BR> <I>Ex. O'Brien has been reviled as have few international men ... but his book reassures one that in his fierce way he was on the side of the angels, something his friends would not doubt (Canadian Forum).</I> </DL>
<B>angel dust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a powerful drug, phencyclidine or PCP, that acts as a depressant. It is used as a narcotic, especially by smoking it when sprinkled on marijuana, mint leaves, or parsley. <BR> <I>Ex. Angel dust ... can create paranoia, restlessness, manic agitation--and it can masquerade as other drugs because its effects sometimes resemble hallucinogens like LSD, or stimulants or depressants (New York Daily News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="angeleno">
<B>Angeleno, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nos</B> or <B>-noes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a native or inhabitant of Los Angeles, California. </DL>
<A NAME="angelet">
<B>angelet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a little angel. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a gold coin of half the value of an angel (def. 8). </DL>
<A NAME="angelfish">
<B>angelfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several colorful, tropical marine fish with spiny fins. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=scalare.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="angelfoodcake">
<B>angel food cake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S.) a very light, white cake made of the whites of eggs beaten very stiff, with sugar and flour. </DL>
<A NAME="angelic">
<B>angelic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of angels; heavenly. <BR> <I>Ex. angelic messengers. The saint had an angelic vision.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like an angel; pure, innocent, good, or lovely. <BR> <I>Ex. an angelic woman. The little baby had an angelic face.</I> adv. <B>angelically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="angelica">
<B>angelica, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tall perennial plant of the parsley family used in cooking, in medicine, for flavoring, and in making perfume. Candied angelica is cut into shapes to decorate cakes, etc. </DL>
<B>angelica oil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless or pale-yellow, aromatic oil obtained from the root or seeds of angelica, used for flavoring. </DL>
<A NAME="angelicatree">
<B>angelica tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the Hercules'-club. </DL>
<A NAME="angellight">
<B>angel light,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, triangular light in the upper and outer part of an arched window, next to the point where the arch springs in Gothic architecture. </DL>
<A NAME="angelology">
<B>angelology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of theology that deals with angels. </DL>
<A NAME="angelshark">
<B>angelshark, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shark having large fins which spread out like wings. </DL>
<A NAME="angelskin">
<B>angelskin, </B>noun. <B>=peau d'ange.</B></DL>
<A NAME="angelsonhorseback">
<B>angels-on-horseback, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> oysters wrapped in bacon. </DL>
<A NAME="angelstrumpet">
<B>angel's trumpet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of a genus of South American herbs of the nightshade family having large, trumpet-shaped flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="angelus">
<B>Angelus</B> or <B>angelus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a prayer said by Roman Catholics in memory of Christ's assuming human form. <DD><B> 2. </B>the bell (<B>Angelus bell</B>) rung at morning, noon, and evening to signal the times this prayer is said. </DL>
<A NAME="anger">
<B>anger, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the feeling one has toward something or someone that hurts, opposes, offends, or annoys; strong displeasure. <BR> <I>Ex. In a moment of anger I hit my brother.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Dialect.) a painful inflammation. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) grief; trouble. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make angry; arouse anger in. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy's disobedience angered his father.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Dialect.) to irritate or inflame (a sore or wound). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become angry. <BR> <I>Ex. He angers easily.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="angerly">
<B>angerly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) with anger or resentment. </DL>
<A NAME="angevin">
<B>Angevin, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or from Anjou (old province of France). The Plantagenet family of the kings of England was Angevin. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or belonging to the Plantagenet family. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a member of the Plantagenet family. <DD><B> 2. </B>a native or inhabitant of Anjou. </DL>
<B>angina, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=angina pectoris.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>any sudden, acute pain. <DD><B> 3. </B>any inflammation of the throat, such as quinsy, croup, or mumps. </DL>
<A NAME="anginal">
<B>anginal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characterized by angina or angina pectoris. </DL>
<A NAME="anginapectoris">
<B>angina pectoris,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a condition of the heart marked by sharp chest pains and a feeling of suffocation. It is usually associated with a diminished supply of blood to the heart's muscle. </DL>
