Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 60
Anchoret, Anchorite, (n.) One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.]
Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. -- Boyle. Anchoretic
Anchorite (n.) Same as Anchoret.
Anchorite (n.) One retired from society for religious reasons [syn: anchorite, hermit].
Anchoritess (n.) An anchoress. [R.]
Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Anchovy (n.) (Zool.) 【魚】鯷魚（產於地中海，肉味鮮美） A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family ({Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.
Anchovy (n.) Tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces.
Anchovy (n.) Small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide.
Anchovy pear (n.) (Bot.) A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit.
Anchovy pear (n.) West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango [syn: anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias cauliflora].
Anchovy pear (n.) West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled [syn: anchovy pear, river pear].
Anchusin (n.) A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
Anchylosed (imp. & p. p.) of Anchylose.
Anchylosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anchylose.
Anchylose (v. t. & i.) To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.
Anchylosis (n.) Alt. of Ankylosis. ancylostomiasis
Ankylosis (n.) (Med.)【解】骨骼堅固或黏合；【醫】關節僵硬 The process of formation of a stiff joint; also, the abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint which has become stiff. -- Dunglison.
Ankylosis (n.) (Anat.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
Anchylotic (a.) Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
Ancient (a.) 古代的；古老的；古舊的，舊的；年老的，高齡的 Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
Witness those ancient empires of the earth. -- Milton.
Gildas Albanius . . . much ancienter than his namesake surnamed the Wise. -- Fuller.
Ancient (a.) Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy fathers have set. -- Prov. xxii. 28.
An ancient man, strangely habited, asked for quarters. -- Scott.
Ancient (a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
A friend, perhaps, or an ancient acquaintance. -- Barrow.
Ancient (a.) Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
He wrought but some few hours of the day, and then would he seem very grave and ancient. -- Holland.
Ancient (a.) Experienced; versed. [Obs.]
Though [he] was the youngest brother, yet he was the most ancient in the business of the realm. -- Berners.
Ancient (a.) Former; sometime. [Obs.]
They mourned their ancient leader lost. -- Pope.
{Ancient demesne} (Eng. Law), A tenure by which all manors belonging to the crown, in the reign of William the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book.
{Ancient lights} (Law), Windows and other openings which have been enjoined without molestation for more than twenty years. In England, and in some of the United States, they acquire a prescriptive right.
Syn: Old; primitive; pristine; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete.
Usage: {Ancient}, {Antiquated}, {Obsolete}, {Antique}, {Antic}, {Old}. -- Ancient is opposed to modern, and has antiquity; as, an ancient family, ancient landmarks, ancient institutions, systems of thought, etc. Antiquated describes that which has gone out of use or fashion; as, antiquated furniture, antiquated laws, rules, etc. Obsolete is commonly used, instead of antiquated, in reference to language, customs, etc.; as, an obsolete word or phrase, an obsolete expression. Antique is applied, in present usage, either to that which has come down from the ancients; as, an antique cameo, bust, etc.; or to that which is made to imitate some ancient work of art; as, an antique temple. In the days of Shakespeare, antique was often used for ancient; as, "an antique song," "an antique Roman;" and hence, from singularity often attached to what is ancient, it was used in the sense of grotesque; as, "an oak whose antique root peeps out; " and hence came our present word antic, denoting grotesque or ridiculous. We usually apply both ancient and old to things subject to gradual decay. We say, an old man, an ancient record; but never, the old stars, an old river or mountain. In general, however, ancient is opposed to modern, and old to new, fresh, or recent. When we speak of a thing that existed formerly, which has ceased to exist, we commonly use ancient; as, ancient republics, ancient heroes; and not old republics, old heroes. But when the thing which began or existed in former times is still in existence, we use either ancient or old; as, ancient statues or paintings, or old statues or paintings; ancient authors, or old authors, meaning books.
Ancient (n.) [C] 老人，年高德劭者；古代人 [the P] Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof. -- Isa. iii. 14.
Ancient (n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.]
Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . . were his ancients. -- Hooker.
Compare: Predecessor
Predecessor (n.) [C] 前任；前輩；（被取代的）原有事物；【古】祖先 A person who held a job or office before the current holder.
‘The new President's foreign policy is very similar to that of his predecessor.’
Predecessor (n.) A thing that has been followed or replaced by another.
‘The chapel was built in 1864 on the site of its predecessor.’
Ancient (n.) (pl.) (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
{Council of Ancients} (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. -- Brande.
Ancient (n.) An ensign or flag. [Obs.]
More dishonorable ragged than an old-faced ancient. -- Shak.
Ancient (n.) The bearer of a flag; an ensign. [Obs.]
This is Othello's ancient, as I take it. -- Shak.
Ancient (a.) Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece."
Ancient (a.) Very old; "an ancient mariner."
Ancient (n.) A very old person [syn: {ancient}, {antediluvian}].
Ancient (n.) A person who lived in ancient times.
Ancient (n.) Something old, which by age alone has acquired some force; as ancient lights, ancient writings.
Anciently (adv.) In ancient times.
Anciently (adv.) In an ancient manner.
Ancientness (n.) The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
Ancientry (n.) Antiquity; what is ancient.
Ancientry (n.) Old age; also, old people.
Ancientry (n.) Ancient lineage; ancestry; dignity of birth.
Ancienty (n.) Age; antiquity.
Ancienty (n.) Seniority.
Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
Ancillary (a.) 補助的；補充的；從屬的；有關的 Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. -- Hallam.
Ancillary (a.) Furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: {accessory}, {adjunct}, {ancillary}, {adjuvant}, {appurtenant}, {auxiliary}].
Ancille (n.) A maidservant; a handmaid.
Ancipital (a.) Alt. of Ancipitous.
Ancipitous (a.) Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.
Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.
Ancle (n.) See Ankle.
Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.
Ancones (n. pl. ) of Ancon.
Ancon (n.) The olecranon, or the elbow.
Ancon (n.) Alt. of Ancone.
Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
Ancone (n.) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
Anconal (a.) Alt. of Anconeal.
Anconeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow.
Anconeus (n.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
Anconoid (a.) Elbowlike; anconal.
Ancony (n.) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.
-ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
And (conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
And (conj.) In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
And (conj.) It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
And (conj.) If; though. See An, conj.
Andabatism (n.) Doubt; uncertainty.
Andalusite (n.) A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.
Andante (a.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.
Andante (n.) A movement or piece in andante time.
Andantino (a.) Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.
Andarac (n.) Red orpiment.
Andean (a.) Pertaining to the Andes.
Andesine (n.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
Andesite (n.) An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Andine (a.) Andean; as, Andine flora.
Andiron (n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
Andragogy (n.) [U] (Education) (Specialized) 成人教育學；成人教學法；成人學習理論 The theory, methods, and avtivities involved in teaching adult learners.
Compare: Pedagogy
Pedagogy (n.) 教育學；教學法；教育；教學 Pedagogics; pedagogism. -- South.
Pedagogy (n.) The principles and methods of instruction [syn: teaching method, pedagogics, pedagogy].
Pedagogy (n.) The profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession" [syn: teaching, instruction, pedagogy].
Pedagogy (n.) The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity].
Andranatomy (n.) The dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.
Androecium (n.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
Androgyne (n.) 具有男女兩性的人；【植】（一花序中）有雌雄兩花的植物；【古】有女性特徵的男人 An hermaphrodite.
Androgyne (n.) An androgynous plant.
Androgynous (a.) Alt. of Androgynal.
Androgynal (a.) 雌雄同體的，雌雄同序的 Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.
Compare: Hermaphroditic
Hermaphroditic (a.) 兩性的；雌雄同體（同株）的 A person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition.
Hermaphroditic (a.) [Botany] A plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower.
Hermaphroditic (a.) [Archaic] A person or thing combining opposite qualities or characteristics.
Androgynal (a.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
Androgyny (n.) Alt. of Androgynism.
Androgynism (n.) Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.
Android (n.) Alt. of Androides.
Android (n.) An automaton that is created from biological materials and resembles a human. Also called Humanoid.
Android (a.) Resembling a man.
Android (a.) Possessing human features.
Android (n.) [ C ] 人型機器人；模擬機器人 A robot (= machine controlled by computer) that is made to look like a human.
Androides (n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.
Android (n.) An automaton that resembles a human being [syn: android, humanoid, mechanical man].
Andromeda (n.) (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.
Andromeda (n.) (Bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water. Andromede
Andromeda (n.) Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers [syn: andromeda, Japanese andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree, Pieris japonica].
Andromeda (n.) Any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers.
Andromeda (n.) (Greek mythology) An Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife.
Andromeda (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy.
Andron (n.) (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
Andropetalous (a.) (Bot.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. -- Brande.
Androphagi (n. pl.) Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]
Androphagous (a.) Anthropophagous.
Androphore (n.) (Bot.) 雄蕊柄 A support or column on which stamens are raised. -- Gray.
Androphore (n.) (Zool.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
Androsphinx (n.) (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Androspore (n.) (Bot.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions.
Androtomous (a.) (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
Androtomy (n.) Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy. [R.]
Androus () (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
Anear (prep. & adv.) Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." -- Coleridge.
The measure of misery anear us. -- I. Taylor.
Anear (v. t. & i.) To near; to approach. [Archaic]
Aneath (prep. & adv.) Beneath. [Scot.]
Anecdotage (n.) Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. -- De Quincey.
Anecdotal (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
Anecdotal (a.) Having the character of an anecdote; "anecdotal evidence."
Anecdotal (a.) Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes; "anecdotal conversation"; "an anecdotal history of jazz"; "he was at his anecdotic best" [syn: anecdotic, anecdotal, anecdotical].
Anecdote (n.) (pl.) [C] 軼事，趣聞；祕史，祕聞 [P1] Unpublished narratives. -- Burke.
Anecdote (n.) A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life. Anecdotic
Anecdote (n.) Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).
Anecdote (n.) A short story about an interesting or funny event or occurrence.
Anecdote (n.) A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident.
Anecdotic (a.) Alt. of Anecdotical.