<B>anhedral</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Crystallography.) having the molecular structure of a crystal but lacking its external form. </DL>
<A NAME="anhedral">
<B>anhedral</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Aeronautics.) of a wing or tail plane: <DD><B> 1. </B>that slopes upward from the horizontal; positively dihedral. <DD><B> 2. </B>(sometimes) that slopes downward from the horizontal; negatively dihedral. </DL>
<A NAME="anhelation">
<B>anhelation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> shortness of breath; panting. </DL>
<A NAME="anhidrosis">
<B>anhidrosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the inability to secrete perspiration. </DL>
<A NAME="anhidrotic">
<B>anhidrotic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> tending to stop perspiration. <DD><I>noun </I> a substance or agent that tends to stop perspiration. </DL>
<A NAME="anhinga">
<B>anhinga, </B>noun. <B>=water turkey.</B></DL>
<A NAME="anhistous">
<B>anhistous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) having no recognizable structure. </DL>
<A NAME="anhungered">
<B>anhungered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Archaic.) hungry. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) craving; longing. <BR> <I>Ex. Anhungered for some joy untried (James Russell Lowell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anhydrate">
<B>anhydrate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-drated,</B> <B>-drating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to remove water from; dehydrate. </DL>
<B>anhydride, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any oxide that unites with water to form an acid or base. Sulfur trioxide is the anhydride of sulfuric acid. An anhydride of a nonmetal or of an organic radical is an acid anhydride; an anhydride of a metal is a basic anhydride. <DD><B> 2. </B>any compound which is formed by the removal of water. </DL>
<A NAME="anhydrite">
<B>anhydrite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a white or grayish mineral consisting of anhydrous calcium sulfate, usually granular but sometimes crystalline. </DL>
<A NAME="anhydroglucose">
<B>anhydroglucose, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> glucose in crystalline form, from which all water has been removed. </DL>
<A NAME="anhydrous">
<B>anhydrous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without water. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Chemistry.) containing no water of crystallization; not hydrated. <BR> <I>Ex. anhydrous ammonia. Many crystals, like diamond, sulfur, quartz, sodium chloride, potassium chlorate, and others, are anhydrous (Monroe M. Offner).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ani">
<B>ani, </B>noun, pl. <B>anis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of cuckoo with black feathers, inhabiting the warmer parts of America; tickbird. </DL>
<A NAME="aniconic">
<B>aniconic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not shaped into human form, especially of images of worship. <BR> <I>Ex. Certain aniconic sacred things ... we may call fetishes--the hewn stock or pillar, the meteorite, the axe (L. R. Farnell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="aniconism">
<B>aniconism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use or worship of aniconic images. </DL>
<A NAME="anigh">
<B>anigh, </B>adverb, preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect or Archaic.) nigh; near. </DL>
<A NAME="anight">
<B>anight, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) at night; by night. </DL>
<B>anil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a West Indian shrub of the pea family, from the leaves and stalks of which indigo is made. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Rare.) indigo. </DL>
<A NAME="anile">
<B>anile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> old-womanish; suitable for a weak or doting old woman. </DL>
<A NAME="anilide">
<B>anilide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any compound derived from aniline. </DL>
<A NAME="anilin">
<B>anilin, </B>noun. <B>=aniline.</B></DL>
<A NAME="aniline">
<B>aniline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a poisonous, oily liquid, colorless when pure, obtained from coal tar and especially from nitrobenzene. It is a compound of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen and is used in making dyes, perfumes, certain medicines, plastics, and resins. </DL>
<A NAME="anilinedye">
<B>aniline dye,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any dye made from aniline. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several chemically related dyes. <DD><B> 3. </B>any artificial dye. </DL>
<A NAME="anility">
<B>anility, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>anile condition; dotage. <DD><B> 2. </B>an anile act or notion. </DL>
<B>anima, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) life; soul. </DL>
<A NAME="animadversion">
<B>animadversion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> unfavorable comment; criticism. <BR> <I>Ex. As the years passed, and the royal mourning remained as unrelieved as ever, the animadversions grew more general and more severe (Lytton Strachey).</I> (SYN) censure, blame. </DL>
<A NAME="animadvert">
<B>animadvert, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make criticisms; comment unfavorably; censure. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to observe; remark; note. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Obsolete.) to observe. noun <B>animadverter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="animal">
<B>animal, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>any living thing that is not a plant. Most animals can move about, while most plants cannot. Animals feed upon other animals or plants. Many animals have a cavity for digestion and a nervous system, and can inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. A dog, a bird, a fish, a snake, a fly, and a worm are all animals. Animals are distinguished typically from plants by more advanced types of sensation and response to stimuli. <DD><B> 2. </B>an animal other than man; brute; beast. <BR> <I>Ex. a farm stocked with pigs, cows, geese, and various other animals. Man has always considered himself closer to God than the animals are.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>an animal with four feet; quadruped. <BR> <I>Ex. Man uses animals as beasts of burden: the elephant in the jungle, the water buffalo in or near the river and marsh, the donkey in the mountains, the horse on the plains, and the camel in the desert.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>any mammal, as distinguished from a bird, reptile, and other lower forms. <DD><B> 4. </B>a person who is like a beast in the way that he acts or thinks; brutish or degenerate person. <BR> <I>Ex. His intellect is not replenished, he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) any person or thing regarded as strange, different, or unusual. <BR> <I>Ex. Monique ... hasn't yet grasped the English mentality--if there is such an animal (Maclean's).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of animals; relating to or connected with animals. <BR> <I>Ex. the animal world, animal fats.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like that of animals; purely physical. <BR> <I>Ex. animal courage, animal cunning. What is important and inspiring ... is the idea that the human spirit will be able to master its animal nature through reason (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>sensual. <BR> <I>Ex. animal appetites.</I> adj. <B>animallike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="animalbipesimplume">
<B>animal bipes implume,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) an unfeathered, two-footed animal (a definition of man in the Latin version of Plato's <I>Politicus</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="animalcharcoal">
<B>animal charcoal,</B> <B>=boneblack.</B></DL>
<A NAME="animalcrackers">
<B>animal crackers,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) slightly sweet cookies pressed and baked in the shapes of animals. </DL>
<A NAME="animalcula">
<B>animalcula, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>animalculum.</B> </DL>
<B>animalcular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of animalcules. </DL>
<A NAME="animalcule">
<B>animalcule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a very tiny animal, usually too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope. <BR> <I>Ex. Rotifers and protozoans are animalcules.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) any very small animal, such as a mouse or insect. </DL>
<B>animalculum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la.</B> <B>=animalcule.</B></DL>
<A NAME="animalflower">
<B>animal flower,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flowerlike animal, such as the sea anemone; a zoophyte. </DL>
<A NAME="animalheat">
<B>animal heat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the temperature maintained during life in the body of a warm-blooded vertebrate animal, and necessary for its physiological functions. </DL>
<A NAME="animalhusbandman">
<B>animal husbandman,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in animal husbandry. </DL>
<A NAME="animalhusbandry">
<B>animal husbandry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the breeding, raising, and care of farm animals. </DL>
<A NAME="animalier">
<B>animalier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an artist who specializes in animal subjects; animalist. </DL>
<A NAME="animalism">
<B>animalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the doctrine that human beings are mere animals without souls. <DD><B> 2. </B>animal existence, nature, activity, or enjoyment. <BR> <I>Ex. the healthy animalism of young boys.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="animalist">
<B>animalist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a believer in animalism. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sensualist. <DD><B> 3. </B>an artist whose chief subject is animal life. </DL>
<B>animality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>animal nature or character in man. <DD><B> 2. </B>animal life. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=animal kingdom.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="animalize">
<B>animalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to convert into animal matter, as food by assimilation. <DD><B> 2. </B>to brutalize; sensualize. <BR> <I>Ex. It does not bring about ... [an] animalizing of the human, but rather it celebrates man at his human best (London Times).</I> noun <B>animalization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="animalkingdom">
<B>animal kingdom,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> all animals, as distinguished from plants or minerals. </DL>
<A NAME="animally">
<B>animally, </B>adverb. <B>=physically.</B></DL>
<A NAME="animalmagnetism">
<B>animal magnetism,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the power to attract physically; physical charm. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the power of animal magnetism and money in the competition for the top girl (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>hypnotism; mesmerism. </DL>
