Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 62

Angioma (n.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.

Angiomonospermous (a.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

Angioscope (n.) An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

Angiosperm (n.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

Angiospermatous (a.) Same as Angiospermous.

Angiospermous (a.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

Angiosporous (a.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.

Angiostomous (a.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

Angiotomy (n.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.

Angle (n.) 角;角度;(建築物,傢俱等的)角落,突出部分 The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

Into the utmost angle of the world. -- Spenser.

To search the tenderest angles of the heart. -- Milton.

Angle (n.) (Geom.) The figure made by. two lines which meet.

Angle (n.) (Geom.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

Angle (n.) A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Though but an angle reached him of the stone. -- Dryden.

Angle (n.) (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Angle (n.) [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. -- Shak.

A fisher next his trembling angle bears. -- Pope.

Acute angle, One less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg].

Adjacent or Contiguous angles, Such as have one leg common to both angles.

Alternate angles. See Alternate.

Angle bar (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. -- Knight.

Angle bar (Mach.) Same as Angle iron.

Angle bead (Arch.), A bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall.

Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), A brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. -- Knight.

Angle iron (Mach.), A rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.

Angle leaf (Arch.), A detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle.

Angle meter, An instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata.

Angle shaft (Arch.), An enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.

Curvilineal angle, One formed by two curved lines.

External angles, Angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened.

Facial angle. See under Facial.

Internal angles, Those which are within any right-lined figure.

Mixtilineal angle, One formed by a right line with a curved line.

Oblique angle, One acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle.

Obtuse angle, One greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg].

Optic angle. See under Optic.

Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, One formed by two right lines.

Right angle, One formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle).

Solid angle, The figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point.

Spherical angle, One made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere.

Visual angle, The angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.

For Angles of commutation, Draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.

Angled (imp. & p. p.) of Angle.

Angling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Angle.

Angle (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.

Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.

The hearts of all that he did angle for. -- Shak.

Angle (v. t.) 使成角度移動(或轉向);(常含貶意)使帶某種傾向,歪曲 To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] "He angled the people's hearts." -- Sir P. Sidney.

Angle (n.) The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians.

Angle (n.) A biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn: slant, angle].

Angle (n.) A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons.

Angle (v.) Move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room".

Angle (v.) To incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle].

Angle (v.) Seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: fish, angle].

Angle (v.) Fish with a hook.

Angle (v.) Present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight].

Angled (a.) Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.

The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. -- Bp. Hall.

Angled (a.) Forming or set at an angle; "angled parking."

Anglemeter (n.) An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

Angler (n.) One who angles.

Angler (n.) (Zool.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

Angler (n.) A scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage.

Angler (n.) A fisherman who uses a hook and line [syn: angler, troller].

Angler (n.) Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus].

Angles (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

Anglesite (n.) (Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

Anglewise (adv.) In an angular manner; angularly.

Angleworm (n.) (Zool.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

Compare: Earthworm

Earthworm (n.) (Zool.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

Earthworm (n.) A mean, sordid person; a niggard. -- Norris.

Angleworm (n.) Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers [syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm]

Anglian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Angles.

Anglian (n.) One of the Angles.

Anglian (n.) One of the major dialects of Old English.

Anglic (a.) Anglian.

Anglican (a.) English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.

Anglican (a.) Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.

Anglican (n.) A member of the Church of England.

Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists. -- Burke.

Anglican (n.) In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.

Anglican (a.) Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church; "an Anglican bishop".

Anglican (n.) A Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism [ant: Nonconformist, chapelgoer].

Anglicanism (n.) 英國國教;其教義 Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.

Anglicanism (n.) The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.

Anglicanism (n.) Attachment to England or English institutions.

Anglicanism (n.) The faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church.

Anglice (adv.) [NL.] In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.

Anglicify (v. t.) To anglicize. [R.]

Anglicism (n.) 英國特有的用語;英國慣用語詞;英國風格 An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. -- Dryden.

Anglicism (n.) The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.

Anglicism (n.) An expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) [syn: {Anglicism}, {Briticism}, {Britishism}].

Anglicism (n.) A custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens [syn: {Anglicism}, {Britishism}].

Anglicity (n.) The state or quality of being English.

Anglicization (n.) The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.

Anglicization (n.) The act of anglicizing; making English in appearance [syn: Anglicization, Anglicisation].

Anglicized (imp. & p. p.) of Anglicize.

Anglicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anglicize.

Anglicize (v. t.) To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

Anglicize (v.) Make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London" [syn: anglicise, anglicize].

Anglified (imp. & p. p.) of Anglify.

Anglifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anglify.

Anglify (v. t.) To convert into English; to anglicize. -- Franklin. -- Darwin.

Angling (n.) The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. -- Walton.

Angling (n.) Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole).

Anglo- () A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish.

Anglo-Danish, (a.) Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England.

Anglo-Catholic (a.) Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.

Anglo-Catholic (n.) A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.

Anglo-catholic (a.) Supporting the Anglican Church.

Anglomania (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.

Anglomania (n.) An excessive enthusiasm for all things English.

Anglomaniac (n.) One affected with Anglomania.

Anglophobia (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- An"glo*phobe, n.

Anglophobia (n.) Dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs [ant: Anglophilia].

Anglo-Saxon (n.) A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.

Anglo-Saxon (n.) pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.

It is quite correct to call [AE]thelstan "King of the Anglo-Saxons," but to call this or that subject of [AE]thelstan "an Anglo-Saxon" is simply nonsense. -- E. A. Freeman.

Anglo-Saxon (n.) The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.

Syn: Old English

Anglo-Saxon (n.) One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.

Anglo-Saxon (n.) A person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in "WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things".

Anglo-Saxon (a.) Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language ; as, Anglo-Saxon poetry; The Anglo-Saxon population of Scotland.

Anglo-Saxondom (n.) The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.

Anglo-Saxonism (n.) A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.

Anglo-Saxonism (n.) The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.

The Anglo-Saxons (n.) 盎格魯-撒克遜(Anglo-Saxon) 是個統稱,通常用來形容5世紀初到1066年諾曼征服之間,生活於大不列顛東部和南部地區,語言和種族相近的民族。[1] 他們使用非常近似的日耳曼方言,歷史學家比德認為其是三個強大日耳曼部族-源自日德蘭半島的盎格魯人和朱特人、以及來自之後稱作下薩克森地區的撒克遜人的後裔。盎格魯人有可能來自盎格恩半島,比德描述他們的整個國家都來到了不列顛,留下他們空空的古老大地。[2] 地名顯示出一些其他的日耳曼民族曾經來到:弗里斯蘭人在 弗蘭斯漢(Fresham)、弗瑞斯頓(Freston)和弗理斯頓(Friston);佛蘭芒人在佛蘭普頓(Flemptom)和佛林比(Flimby);士瓦本人在士瓦弗漢(Swaffham);或許法蘭克人在法蘭克頓(Frankton)和法蘭克雷(Frankley)。可能在麥西亞國王奧發(755-759年在位),或是阿佛列大帝(871-886年在位)與他的繼承者之下,盎格魯-撒克遜的數個王國陸續建立。在艾塞斯坦(924-937年在位)統治下,盎格魯-撒克遜王國形成英格蘭。Were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental Europe, their descendants, and indigenous British groups who adopted some aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and language. Historically, the Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period in Britain between about 450 and 1066, after their initial settlement and up until the Norman conquest. [1] The early Anglo-Saxon period includes the creation of an English nation, with many of the aspects that survive today, including regional government of shires and hundreds. During this period, Christianity was established and there was a flowering of literature and language. Charters and law were also established. [2] The term Anglo-Saxon is popularly used for the language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons in England and eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. In scholarly use, it is more commonly called Old English. [3]

The history of the Anglo-Saxons is the history of a cultural identity. It developed from divergent groups in association with the people's adoption of Christianity, and was integral to the establishment of various kingdoms. Threatened by extended Danish invasions and military occupation of eastern England, this identity was re-established; it dominated until after the Norman Conquest. [4] The visible Anglo-Saxon culture can be seen in the material culture of buildings, dress styles, illuminated texts and grave goods. Behind the symbolic nature of these cultural emblems, there are strong elements of tribal and lordship ties. The elite declared themselves as kings who developed burhs, and identified their roles and peoples in Biblical terms. Above all, as Helena Hamerow has observed, "local and extended kin groups remained...the essential unit of production throughout the Anglo-Saxon period." [5] The effects persist in the 21st century as, according to a study published in March 2015, the genetic makeup of British populations today shows divisions of the tribal political units of the early Anglo-Saxon period. [6]

Use of the term Anglo-Saxon assumes that the words Angles, Saxons or Anglo-Saxon have the same meaning in all the sources. This term began to be used only in the 8th century to distinguish "Germanic" groups in Britain from those on the continent (Old Saxony in Northern Germany). [7] [a] Catherine Hills summarised the views of many modern scholars in her observation that attitudes towards Anglo-Saxons, and hence the interpretation of their culture and history, have been "more contingent on contemporary political and religious theology as on any kind of evidence." [8]

Angola (n.) A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.

Angola pea () (Bot.) A tropical plant ({Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

Angor (n.) (Med.) Extreme anxiety. [Obs.]

Angor (n.) (Med) Angina [2]. [AS]

Angor (n.) (Med) Angina pectoris; also called angor pectoris. [AS]

Angor (n.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

Angora (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

Angora cat (Zool.), A variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat.

Angora goat (Zool.), A variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture. Angostura

Angora (n.) The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats [syn: Ankara, Turkish capital, capital of Turkey, Angora].

Angora (n.) A domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair [syn: Angora, Angora goat].

Angora (n.) Domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair [syn: Angora, Angora rabbit]

Angora (n.) A long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat [syn: Angora, Angora cat].

Angostura, Angostura bark, () A bitter aromatic bark, obtained from a South American tree of the rue family ({Galipea cusparia, or Galipea officinalis). It is used used as a tonic, in medicines, liqueurs and bitters. -- U. S. Disp.

Angostura bark (n.) The bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters [syn: angostura bark, angostura].

Angoumois moth () (Zool.) A small moth ({Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.

Angoumois moth (n.) Small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains [syn: angoumois moth, angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella].

Angrily (adv.) In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

Angriness (n.) The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.

Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. -- Whole Duty of Man.

Angriness (n.) The state of being angry [syn: anger, angriness].

Angry (a.) 發怒的,生氣的 [+at/ with/ about];因為……而生氣 [+that] [+to-v] Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.]

God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. -- Jer. Taylor.

Angry (a.) Inflamed and painful, as a sore.

Angry (a.) Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.

Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. -- Gen. xlv. 5.

Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice? -- Eccles. v. 6.

Angry (a.) Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." -- Prov. xxv. 23.

Angry (a.) Red. [R.] Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. -- Herbert.

Angry (a.) Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.]

I never ate with angrier appetite. -- Tennyson.

Syn: Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.

Angry (a.) Feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" [ant: {unangry(p)}].

Angry (a.) (of the elements) As if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn: {angry}, {furious}, {raging}, {tempestuous}, {wild}].

Angry (a.) Severely inflamed and painful; "an angry sore".

Anguiform (a.) Snake-shaped.

Anguilliform (a.) Eel-shaped.

Anguine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.

Anguineal (a.) Anguineous.

Anguineous (a.) Snakelike.

Anguish (n.) 極度的痛苦;苦惱 [U] [+over] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. -- Ex. vi. 9.

Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. -- Jer. iv. 31.

Note: Rarely used in the plural: Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. -- Latimer.

Syn: Agony; pang; torture; torment. See {Agony}.

Anguish (v. t.) 使極度痛苦 To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] -- Temple.

Anguish (n.) 苦悶,痛苦 Extreme mental distress [syn: {anguish}, {torment}, {torture}].

Anguish (n.) Extreme distress of body or mind.

Anguish (v.) (v. t.) 使極苦悶,使極痛苦 (v. i.) 感到痛苦 Suffer great pains or distress.

Anguish (v.) Cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" [syn: {pain}, {anguish}, {hurt}].

Angular (a.) 有角的;有尖角的;用角度測量的;消瘦的,瘦骨嶙峋的 Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

Angular (a.) Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.

Angular (a.) Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.

{Angular aperture}, {Angular distance}. See {Aperture}, {Distance}.

{Angular motion}, The motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body.

{Angular point}, The point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex.

{Angular velocity}, The ratio of anuglar motion to the time employed in describing.

Angular (n.) (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Angular (a.) Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle; "angular momentum".

Angular (a.) Having angles or an angular shape [syn: {angular}, {angulate}] [ant: {rounded}].

Angularity (n.) 有角的部分;笨拙 The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

Angularity (n.) A shape having one or more sharp angles [syn: {angular shape}, {angularity}].

Angularity (n.) The property possessed by a shape that has angles [ant: {roundness}].

Angularly (adv.) In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.

Angularness (n.) The quality of being angular. Angulate

Angulate (a.) Alt. of Angulated.

Angulated (a.) Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Angulate (a.) 有角的 Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Angulate (v. t.) (使)具稜角 To make angular.

Angulate (a.) Having angles or an angular shape [syn: {angular}, {angulate}] [ant: {rounded}].

Angulate (v.) Make or become angular.

Angulation (n.) 做成角;有角的部分,地位,或形狀 A making angular; angular formation.-- Huxley.

Angulation (n.) The precise measurement of angles.

Angulation (n.) The act of making angulate (having corners).

Angulo-dentate (a.) (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.

Angulometer (n.) 量角儀 An instrument for measuring external angles.

Angulose (a.) Angulous. [R.]

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