Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 64
Animose (a.) Alt. of Animous.
Animous (a.) Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [Obs.] -- Ash.
Animoseness (n.) Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]
Animosities (n. pl. ) Of Animosity.
Animosity (n.) 仇恨，憎惡，敵意 Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. -- Holland.
Animosity (n.) Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Enmity; hatred; opposition. -- {Animosity}, {Enmity}. Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between opposing parties. The animosities which were continually springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for successive ages. The animosities which have been engendered among Christian sects have always been the reproach of the church.
Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable. -- Spectator.
[These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government. -- Hume.
Animosity (n.) A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility [syn: {animosity}, {animus}, {bad blood}].
Animosity (n.) A strong feeling of dislike or hatred.
Animosity (n.) A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility [syn: {animosity}, {animus}, {bad blood}].
Animi (n. pl. ) Of Animus.
Animus (n.) 敵意，意圖 Animating spirit; intention; temper.
Animus (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 敵意，惡意 A feeling of hate or anger towards someone or something.
// He harbours no animus toward his rival.
Anion (n.) 陰離子 An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation.
Anion (n.) A negatively charged ion.
Anion (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 負離子，陰離子 An ion with a negative electrical charge.
Anise (n.) (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
Anise (n.) The fruit or seeds of this plant.
Apiaceae (prop. n.) A natural family of plants bearing flowers in umbels; examples are: {parsley}; {carrot}; {anise}; {caraway}; {celery}; {dill}.
Syn: Umbelliferae, family {Umbelliferae}, family {Apiaceae}, carrot family
Anise (n.) Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery [syn: {anise}, {anise plant}, {Pimpinella anisum}].
Anise (n.) Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors [syn: {anise}, {aniseed}, {anise seed}].
Anise (n.) This word is found only in Matt. 23:23. It is the plant commonly known by the name of dill, the Peucedanum graveolens of the botanist. This name dill is derived from a Norse word which means to soothe, the plant having the carminative property of allaying pain. The common dill, the Anethum graveolens, is an annual growing wild in the cornfields of Spain and Portugal and the south of Europe generally. There is also a species of dill cultivated in Eastern countries known by the name of shubit. It was this species of garden plant of which the Pharisees were in the habit of paying tithes. The Talmud requires that the seeds, leaves, and stem of dill shall pay tithes. It is an umbelliferous plant, very like the caraway, its leaves, which are aromatic, being used in soups and pickles. The proper anise is the Pimpinella anisum.
Aniseed (n.) The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." -- Brande & C.
Aniseed (n.) Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors [syn: {anise}, {aniseed}, {anise seed}]
Anisette (n.) A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. -- De Colange.
Anisette (n.) Liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed [syn: {anisette}, {anisette de Bordeaux}].
Anisic (a.) Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.
Anisodactyla (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyls.
Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
Anisodactylous (a.) (Zool.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
Anisomeric (a.) (Chem.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
Anisomerous (a.) (Bot.) Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.
Anisometric (a.) Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. -- Dana.
Anisometric (a.) Having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements [syn: {anisometric}, {unsymmetrical}].
Anisopetalous (a.) (Bot.) Having unequal petals.
Anisophyllous (a.) (Bot.) Having unequal leaves.
Anisopleura (n. pl.) (Zool.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.
Anisopoda (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
Anisostemonous (a.) (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
Anisosthenic (a.) Of unequal strength.
Anisotrope (a.) (Physics) Alt. of Anisotropic.
Anisotropic (a.) (Physics) 各向異性的 Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.
Anisotropic (a.) Not invariant with respect to direction; "anisotropic crystals" [ant: {isotropic}, {isotropous}].
Anisotropous (a.) Anisotropic.
Anisotropy (n.) 各向異性 The property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions [ant: {isotropy}, {symmetry}].
Ankara (n.) 安卡拉 Formerly known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of the Republic of Turkey. With a population of 4,587,558 in the urban center (2014) and 5,150,072 in its province (2015), [3] it is Turkey's second largest city after former imperial capital Istanbul, having overtaken Izmir. The former Metropolitan archbishopric remains a triple titular see (Latin, Armenian Catholic and Orthodox)
Ankara was Atatürk's headquarters from 1920 and has been the capital of the Republic since the latter's founding in 1923, replacing Istanbul (once the Byzantine capital Constantinople) following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The government is a prominent employer, but Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks. The city gave its name to the Angora wool shorn from Angora rabbits, the long-haired Angora goat (the source of mohair), and the Angora cat. The area is also known for its pears, honey and muscat grapes. Although situated in one of the driest places of Turkey and surrounded mostly by steppe vegetation except for the forested areas on the southern periphery, Ankara can be considered a green city in terms of green areas per inhabitant, at 72 square metres (775 square feet) per head. [4]
Ankara is a very old city with various Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archaeological sites. The historical center of town is a rocky hill rising 150 m (500 ft) over the left bank of the Ankara Çayı, a tributary of the Sakarya River, the classical Sangarius. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of the old citadel. Although few of its outworks have survived, there are well-preserved examples of Roman and Ottoman architecture throughout the city, the most remarkable being the 20 BC Temple of Augustus and Rome that boasts the Monumentum Ancyranum, the inscription recording the Res Gestae Divi Augusti. [5]
Anker (n.) Also anchor, liquid measure in North Sea and Baltic trade, early 14c., from Dutch, related to German Anker, Swedish ankare, Medieval Latin anceria "keg, vat," of unknown origin. That of Rotterdam, once used in England, equaled 10 old wine or 8.5 imperial gallons.
Ankerite (n.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
Ankle (n.) The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
{Ankle bone}, The bone of the ankle; the astragalus.
Ankle (n.) A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus [syn: {ankle}, {ankle joint}, {mortise joint}, {articulatio talocruralis}].
Ankled (a.) Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. -- Beau. & Fl.
Anklet (n.) An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
Anklet (n.) pl. see {anklets}.
Anklet (n.) A shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle.
Anklet (n.) A sock that reaches just above the ankle [syn: {anklet}, {anklets}, {bobbysock}, {bobbysocks}].
Anklet (n.) An ornament worn around the ankle [syn: {anklet}, {ankle bracelet}].
Ankylose (v. t. & i.) Same as Anchylose.
Anchylose (v. t. & i.) [imp. & p. p. {Anchylosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Anchylosing}.] [Cf. F. ankyloser.] To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one. [Spelt also {ankylose}.] -- Owen.
Ankylose (v.) Produce ankylosis by surgery [syn: {ankylose}, {ancylose}].
Ankylose (v.) Undergo ankylosis; "joints ankylose" [syn: {ankylose}, {ancylose}].
Ankylosis (n.) Same as Anchylosis.
Anlace (n.) A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written also anelace.]
Ann (n.) Alt. of Annat.
Annat (n.) (Scots Law) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.
Anna (n.) An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2? cents.
Anna (n.) A former copper coin of Pakistan and India.
ANNotated Ada
Anna, () (Anna) A specification language developed at Stanford University ca. 1980 for formally specifying Ada programs. It has a Specification Analyzer and a Consistency Checking System. It adds semantic assertions in the form of Ada comments.
["ANNA - A Language for Annotating Ada Programs", David Luckham et al, Springer 1987].
(1994-11-01)
Anna, () Grace, an aged widow, the daughter of Phanuel. She was a "prophetess," like Miriam, Deborah, and Huldah (2 Chr. 34:22). After seven years of married life her husband died, and during her long widowhood she daily attended the temple services. When she was eighty-four years old, she entered the temple at the moment when the aged Simeon uttered his memorable words of praise and thanks to God that he had fulfilled his ancient promise in sending his Son into the world (Luke 2:36, 37).
Anna, () Gracious; one who gives.
Anna, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 1319
Housing Units (2000): 483
Land area (2000): 0.836569 sq. miles (2.166704 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.836569 sq. miles (2.166704 sq. km)
FIPS code: 02092
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.395352 N, 84.173744 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45302
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Anna, OH
Anna
Anna, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 5136
Housing Units (2000): 2360
Land area (2000): 3.380433 sq. miles (8.755281 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008580 sq. miles (0.022223 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.389013 sq. miles (8.777504 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01543
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 37.460973 N, 89.244357 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62906
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Anna, IL
Anna
Anna, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 1225
Housing Units (2000): 436
Land area (2000): 1.673152 sq. miles (4.333444 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.673152 sq. miles (4.333444 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03300
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.350308 N, 96.550762 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75409
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Anna, TX
Anna
Annal (n.) See Annals.
Annalist (n.) A writer of annals.
The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. -- Hume.
Annalist (n.) A historian who writes annals.
Annalistic (a.) Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style. "A stiff annalistic method." --Sir G. C. Lewis.
Annalistic (a.) Relating to annals; "a book with an annalistic approach."
Annalize (v. t.) To record in annals. -- Sheldon.
Annals (n. pl.) 編年史 [K]；歷史記載；歷史 [K] A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
"Annals the revolution." --Macaulay. "The annals of our religion." -- Rogers.
Annals (n. pl.) Historical records; chronicles; history.
The short and simple annals of the poor. -- Gray.
It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. -- Burke.
Annals (n. pl.) sing. The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal." -- Young.
Annals (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science."
Syn: History. See {History}.
Annals (n.) Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
Annals (n.) A chronological account of events in successive years [syn: {annals}, {chronological record}].
Annats (n. pl.) Alt. of Annates.
Annates (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
Annealed (imp. & p. p.) of Anneal.
Annealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anneal.
Anneal (v. t.) 【冶】退火，韌煉；鍛鍊（意志等） To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
Anneal (v. t.) To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
Anneal (v.) Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" [syn: anneal, temper, normalize].
Annealer (n.) One who, or that which, anneals.
Annealing (n.) The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
Annealing (n.) The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
Annealing (n.) Hardening something by heat treatment [syn: annealing, tempering].
Simulated annealing
Annealing, () A technique which can be applied to any minimisation or learning process based on successive update steps (either random or deterministic) where the update step length is proportional to an arbitrarily set parameter which can play the role of a temperature. Then, in analogy with the annealing of metals, the temperature is made high in the early stages of the process for faster minimisation or learning, then is reduced for greater stability.
Annectent (a.) 連接兩物的，[生] （種間）連接的 Connecting; annexing. -- Owen.
Annelid (a.) Alt. of Annelidan.
Annelidan (a.) (Zool.) 環節動物的 Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida.
Annelidan (a.) Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida [syn: annelid, annelidan].
Annelid (n.) Worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally [syn: annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm].
Annelidan (n.) One of the Annelida.
Annelid (n.) (Zoology) A segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, such as an earthworm or leech.
‘Most biologists are familiar with only a few of the approximately 40 extant animal phyla such as annelids, arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms and chordates.’
Annelid, Annelidan (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida.
Annelid (a.) Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida [syn: annelid, annelidan].
Annelid (n.) Worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally [syn: annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm].
Annelida (n. pl.) (Zool.) 【生】環節動物門 (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Ch[ae]topoda, including the Oligoch[ae]ta or earthworms and Polych[ae]ta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Ch[ae]topoda.
Annulata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.
Annelida (n.) Segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches [syn: Annelida, phylum Annelida].
Annelidous (a.) (Zool.) Of the nature of an annelid.
Annelidous (a.) Annelidous (comparative more annelidous, superlative most annelidous) Of or pertaining to annelids
Annellata (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) See Annelida.
Anneloid (n.) (Zool.) An animal resembling an annelid.
Annexed (imp. & p. p.) of Annex.
Annexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annex.
Annex (v. t.) To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." -- Johnson.
Annex (v. t.) To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
He annexed a province to his kingdom. -- Johnson.
Annex (v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
Syn: To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.
Annex (v. i.) To join; to be united. -- Tooke.
Annex (n.) Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
Annex (n.) An addition that extends a main building [syn: annex, annexe, extension, wing].
Annex (v.) Take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania."
Annex (v.) Attach to.
Annexation (n.) 附加；合併；併吞 [U] [（+by/to）]；附加物；被合併的國土 [C] The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
Annexation (n.) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier.
Annexation (n.) (Law) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. -- Wharton.
Annexation (n.) Incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: {annexation}, {appropriation}].
Annexation (n.) The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation".
Annexation (n.), property. The union of one thing to another.
Annexation (n.) In the law relating to fixtures, (q.v.) annexation is actual or constructive. By actual annexation is understood every movement by which a chattel can be joined or united to the freehold. By constructive annexation is understood the union of such things as have been holden parcel of the realty, but which are not actually annexed, fixed, or fastened to the freehold; for example, deeds, or chattels, which relate to the title of the inheritance. Shep. Touch. 469. Vide Anios & Fer. on Fixtures, 2.
Annexation (n.) This term has been applied to the union of one country, to another; as Texas was annexed to the United States by the joint resolution of Congress of larch 1, 1845., See Texas.
Annexationist (n.) One who favors annexation.
Annexer (n.) One who annexes.
Annexion (n.) Annexation.
Annexionist (n.) An annexationist.
Annexment (n.) The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage.
Annihilable (a.) Capable of being annihilated.
Annihilated (imp. & p. p.) of Annihilate.
Annihilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annihilate.
Annihilate (v. t.) 消滅，廢止 To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
Annihilate (v. t.) To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.
Annihilate (v. t.) To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
Annihilate (a.) Annihilated.
Annihilation (n.) 殲滅，滅絕 The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
Annihilation (n.) The state of being annihilated.
Annihilationist (n.) 靈魂毀滅說，靈魂寂滅論 One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
Annihilative (a.) 有助消滅、滅亡或毀壞性的 Serving to annihilate; destructive.
Annihilator (n.) 殲滅者，消滅者；消滅物 One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.
Annihilatory (a.) Annihilative.
Anniversarily (adv.) Annually.
Anniversary (a.) 每年的，周年的 Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
Anniversaries (n. pl. ) of Anniversary.
Anniversary (n.) 周年紀念日 The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Anniversary (n.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
Anniversary (n.) The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
Anniversary (n.) The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) [syn: {anniversary}, {day of remembrance}].
Anniverse (n.) Anniversary.