<B>antennal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) of or having to do with antennae; bearing antennae. <BR> <I>Ex. Entomologists attach contacts to the antennal nerve fibres, which run from the olfactory sense organs to the brain (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<B>antennule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a small antenna or similar organ. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of a pair of small antennae in front of a pair of larger antennae on the head of a crustacean. </DL>
<A NAME="antenor">
<B>Antenor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) a wise old man of Troy who urged, without success, that Helen be returned to Menelaus. </DL>
<A NAME="antenumber">
<B>antenumber, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the preceding number. </DL>
<A NAME="antenuptial">
<B>antenuptial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> before marriage. </DL>
<A NAME="anteorbital">
<B>anteorbital, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> situated in front of the eye. </DL>
<A NAME="antepartum">
<B>antepartum, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> before childbirth; preceding delivery of a child. </DL>
<A NAME="antepast">
<B>antepast, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a foretaste. </DL>
<A NAME="antependium">
<B>antependium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dia</B> , <B>-diums.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hanging, screen, or cloth to cover the front of an altar; frontal. <DD><B> 2. </B>an ornamental cover for the reading desk of a pulpit. </DL>
<A NAME="antepenult">
<B>antepenult, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the third syllable from the end of a word. In <I>an te ri or, te</I> is the antepenult. </DL>
<B>antepenultimate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>third from the end; last but two. <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the antepenult. <BR> <I>Ex. English and Russian have much in common since they are both strongly stressed tongues showing both penultimate and antepenultimate rhythms (Simeon Potter).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=antepenult.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anteporch">
<B>anteporch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an outer, often smaller porch opening into a larger one. </DL>
<A NAME="anteport">
<B>anteport, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) an outer gate or door. </DL>
<A NAME="antepost">
<B>ante-post, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) made before the event on the race track; occurring prior to post time. </DL>
<A NAME="anteprandial">
<B>anteprandial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> before dinner. </DL>
<A NAME="antergic">
<B>antergic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> acting in opposition to the action of another part, such as a muscle. <BR> <I>Ex. antergic contraction.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anterior">
<B>anterior, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>more to the front; fore. <BR> <I>Ex. The anterior part of a fish contains the head and gills.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>going before; earlier; previous. <BR> <I>Ex. Events anterior to the last war forecast its coming.</I> (SYN) prior. adv. <B>anteriorly.</B> noun <B>anteriorness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anteriority">
<B>anteriority, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or quality of being anterior. </DL>
<B>anterolateral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> front and to one side. </DL>
<A NAME="anteroom">
<B>anteroom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small room leading to a larger one; a waiting room. (SYN) antechamber, vestibule, foyer. </DL>
<A NAME="anteroparietal">
<B>anteroparietal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the lateral plates of the skull. </DL>
<A NAME="anteroposterior">
<B>anteroposterior, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> front and back; forward and backward. </DL>
<A NAME="anteroventral">
<B>anteroventral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> front and toward the belly surface. </DL>
<A NAME="antetype">
<B>antetype, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a preceding type; an earlier example. </DL>
<A NAME="anteversion">
<B>anteversion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of anteverting or the condition of being anteverted; anteflexion, especially of the uterus, so that the broad upper portion is turned toward the pubis. </DL>
<A NAME="antevert">
<B>antevert, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bend or tip forward, especially the uterus. </DL>
<A NAME="antheap">
<B>antheap, </B>noun. <B>=anthill.</B></DL>
<A NAME="anthelion">
<B>anthelion, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a luminous ring seen, chiefly on high mountains or in polar regions, surrounding the shadow of an object, such as the observer's head, projected on a cloud, fog bank, or the like, opposite to the sun. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bright spot sometimes seen directly opposite and at the same altitude as the sun, caused by reflections from ice and snow. </DL>
<A NAME="anthelix">
<B>anthelix, </B>noun, pl. <B>-helices</B> , <B>-helixes.</B> <B>=antihelix.</B></DL>
<A NAME="anthelmintic">
<B>anthelmintic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> destroying or expelling intestinal worms. <DD><I>noun </I> an anthelmintic agent or remedy. </DL>
<A NAME="anthem">
<B>anthem, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a song of praise, devotion, or patriotism. <BR> <I>Ex. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a piece of sacred vocal music, usually with words from some passage in the Bible. (SYN) hymn, chant. <DD><B> 3. </B>a hymn sung in alternate parts; antiphon. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to celebrate or praise in an anthem; sing to sacred music. </DL>
<A NAME="anthemion">
<B>anthemion, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flat ornament of floral or leaflike forms in a radiating cluster, such as in architectural decoration, embroidery, or vase painting. </DL>
<A NAME="anthemis">
<B>anthemis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of thistles, the flowers of which resemble those of the daisy. </DL>
<A NAME="anther">
<B>anther, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of the stamen of a flower that bears the pollen. It is usually a double-celled sac situated at the end of a slender, threadlike stem (filament). </DL>
<A NAME="antheral">
<B>antheral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an anther or anthers. </DL>
<A NAME="antheridial">
<B>antheridial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of an antheridium. </DL>
<A NAME="antheridiophore">
<B>antheridiophore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a gametophore that bears only antheridia. </DL>
<A NAME="antheridium">
<B>antheridium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the part of ferns, mosses, and related plants that produces the male reproductive cells. </DL>
<A NAME="antherless">
<B>antherless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without anthers. </DL>
<A NAME="antherozoid">
<B>antherozoid, </B>noun. <B>=spermatozoid.</B> <I>Ex. When the sex cells become mature, the male cell, or antherozoid, swims through the moisture on the plant to the female cell, and fertilizes the egg (Rolla M. Tryon).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anthesis">
<B>anthesis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> full bloom. <BR> <I>Ex. flowers in the anthesis.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anthill">
<B>anthill, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a heap of dirt piled up by ants around the entrance to their tunnels; antheap. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a congested mass, especially of people. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the appalling human anthill of Bengal (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anthocarp">
<B>anthocarp, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fruit having some of its parts consist of tissue other than the ripened ovary, such as the blackberry, strawberry, or fig; accessory fruit; pseudocarp. </DL>
<A NAME="anthocarpous">
<B>anthocarpous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an anthocarp or anthocarps. </DL>
<A NAME="anthocyan">
<B>anthocyan, </B>noun. <B>=anthocyanin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="anthocyanin">
<B>anthocyanin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of pigments formed in the cell sap of plants, which produce the deep red, blue, lavender, and purple colors of petals, leaves, roots, or fruits. <BR> <I>Ex. Most of the reds, blues, and purples seen in autumn foliage are due to ... anthocyanins (Fred W. Emerson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anthodium">
<B>anthodium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the flower head, or capitulum, of composite plants; compound flower. <DD><B> 2. </B>the involucre surrounding the flower head of composite plants. </DL>
<A NAME="anthography">
<B>anthography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the botanical description of flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="anthological">
<B>anthological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like a literary anthology. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) treating of flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="anthologist">
<B>anthologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes an anthology; one who selects, arranges, and edits the material for an anthology or for anthologies. </DL>
<A NAME="anthologize">
<B>anthologize, </B>verb, <B>-gized,</B> <B>-gizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to make an anthology of or from; use in an anthology. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to select and put material together in an anthology. </DL>
<A NAME="anthology">
<B>anthology, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a collection of poems or prose selections, usually from various authors, and especially of a particular type, period, or country. <BR> <I>Ex. an anthology of 20th-century American poetry.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a collection of paintings, records, or motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. Wildenstein's Gallery ... exhibits an anthology of watercolours by 14 contemporary French artists (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anthomyiid">
<B>anthomyiid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a family of flies related to the housefly, whose larvae damage crops. </DL>
<A NAME="anthophagous">
<B>anthophagous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that eats flowers, as various beetles. </DL>
<A NAME="anthophilous">
<B>anthophilous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that loves flowers, as bees. </DL>
<A NAME="anthophore">
<B>anthophore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an elongation of the receptacle of a flower, between the calyx and the corolla, forming a stalk bearing the corolla, stamens, and pistil. </DL>
<A NAME="anthophorous">
<B>anthophorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that bears flowers or a flower. </DL>
<A NAME="anthophyllite">
<B>anthophyllite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of asbestos with short, brittle fibers, used in cement, plasters, paint, and as insulating material. </DL>
