Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 66
Anodyne (a.) Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
The anodyne draught of oblivion. -- Burke.
Note: "The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce." -- Am. Cyc.
Anodyne (n.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
Anodyne (a.) Capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect" [syn: analgesic, analgetic, anodyne].
Anodyne (n.) A medicine used to relieve pain [syn: analgesic, anodyne, painkiller, pain pill].
Anodynous (a.) Anodyne.
Anoesis (n.) [心] 無思維的純感覺狀態，純被動的意識 A state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
Anoil (v. t.) To anoint with oil. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Anointed (imp. & p. p.) of Anoint.
Anointing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anoint.
Anoint (p. p.) Anointed. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Anoint (v. t.) 塗以油或軟膏，施以塗油禮 To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. -- Dryden.
He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. -- John ix. 6.
Anoint (v. t.) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. -- Exod. xxix. 7.
Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. -- 1 Kings xix. 15.
The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right." -- 1 Sam. xxvi. 9.
Anoint (v.) Choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group".
Anoint (v.) Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing [syn: {anoint}, {inunct}, {oil}, {anele}, {embrocate}].
Anoint () The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews.
Anoint () The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest (Ex. 29:29; Lev. 4:3) and of the sacred vessels (Ex. 30:26). The high priest and the king are thus called "the anointed" (Lev. 4:3, 5, 16; 6:20; Ps. 132:10). Anointing a king was equivalent to crowning him (1 Sam. 16:13; 2 Sam. 2:4, etc.). Prophets were also anointed (1 Kings 19:16; 1 Chr. 16:22; Ps. 105:15). The expression, "anoint the shield" (Isa. 21:5), refers to the custom of rubbing oil on the leather of the shield so as to make it supple and fit for use in war.
Anoint () Anointing was also an act of hospitality (Luke 7:38, 46). It was the custom of the Jews in like manner to anoint themselves with oil, as a means of refreshing or invigorating their bodies (Deut. 28:40; Ruth 3:3; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 104:15, etc.). This custom is continued among the Arabians to the present day.
Anoint () Oil was used also for medicinal purposes. It was applied to the sick, and also to wounds (Ps. 109:18; Isa. 1:6; Mark 6:13; James 5:14).
Anoint () The bodies of the dead were sometimes anointed (Mark 14:8; Luke 23:56).
Anoint () The promised Deliverer is twice called the "Anointed" or Messiah (Ps. 2:2; Dan. 9:25, 26), because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost (Isa. 61:1), figuratively styled the "oil of gladness" (Ps. 45:7; Heb. 1:9). Jesus of Nazareth is this anointed One (John 1:41; Acts 9:22; 17:2, 3; 18:5, 28), the Messiah of the Old Testament.
Anoint (v. t.) To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
As sovereigns are anointed by the priesthood, So pigs to lead the populace are greased good. Judibras
Anointer (n.) One who anoints.
Anointer (n.) One who anoints as a religious ceremony.
Anointment (n.) The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. -- Milton.
Anointment (n.) The act of applying oil or an oily liquid [syn: anointing, anointment].
Anolis (n.) (Zool.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidae.
They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.
Anolis (n.) New World chameleons [syn: Anolis, genus Anolis].
Anomal (n.) Anything anomalous. [R.]
Anomaliped (a.) Alt. of Anomalipede.
Anomalipede (a.) Having anomalous feet.
Anomaliped (n.) (Zool.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.
Anomalism (n.) An anomaly; a deviation from rule. -- Hooker.
Anomalistic (a.) Alt. of Anomalistical.
Anomalistical (a.) 不規則的，異常的 Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
Anomalistical (a.) (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.
{Anomalistic month}. See under {Month}.
{Anomalistic revolution}, The period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again.
{Anomalistic}, or {Periodical year}. See under {Year}.
Anomalistically (adv.) With irregularity.
Anomaloflorous (a.) (Bot.) Having anomalous flowers.
Anomalous (a.) Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.
Anomalous (a.) Deviating from the general or common order or type; "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe".
Anomalously (adv.) In an anomalous manner.
Anomalously (adv.) In an anomalous manner; "this man behaves anomalously".
Anomalousness (n.) Quality of being anomalous.
Anomalousness (n.) Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule [syn: anomaly, anomalousness].
Anomalies (n. pl. ) of Anomaly.
Anomaly (n.) 不規則；破格；【天】近點角；反常（事物）；異常（現象） Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. -- Burke.
As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. -- Darwin.
Anomaly (n.) (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.
Anomaly (n.) (Astron.) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
Anomaly (n.) (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
Anomaly (n.) Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule [syn: {anomaly}, {anomalousness}].
Anomaly (n.) A person who is unusual [syn: {anomaly}, {unusual person}].
Anomaly (n.) (Astronomy) Position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun).
Anomia (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.
Anomophyllous (a.) Having leaves irregularly placed.
Anomura (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura.
Anomoura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
Anomural (a.) Alt. of Anomuran.
Anomuran (a.) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans.
Anomuran (n.) One of the Anomura.
Anomy (n.) Disregard or violation of law.
Anon (adv.) Straightway; at once. [Obs.]
The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. -- Matt. xiii. 20.
Anon (adv.) Soon; in a little while.
As it shall better appear anon. -- Stow.
Anon (adv.) At another time; then; again.
Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. -- Shak.
Anon right, At once; right off. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often.
A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. -- Shak.
Anon (adv.) At another time; "ever and anon".
Anon (adv.) (Old-fashioned or informal) In a little while; "see you anon".
Anona (n.) (Bot.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop.
Anonaceous (a.) Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.
Anonym (n.) One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."
Anonym (n.) A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. [R.] -- J. R. Seeley.
Anonym (n.) A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role [syn: pseudonym, anonym, nom de guerre].
Anonymity (n.) 匿名，筆者不明 The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.]
He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. -- Carlyle.
Anonymity (n.) The state of being anonymous [syn: {anonymity}, {namelessness}].
Anonymous (a.) 匿名的；姓氏不明的；出自無名氏之手的；來源不明的；無特色的，無個性特徵的 Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
Anonymous (a.) Having no known name or identity or known source; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" [syn: {anonymous}, {anon.}] [ant: {onymous}].
Anonymous (a.) Not known or lacking marked individuality; "brown anonymous houses"; "anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service".
ANONYMOUS. () Without name. This word is applied to such.books, letters or papers, which are published without the author's name. No man is bound to publish his name in connexion with a book or paper he has published; but if the publication is libellous, he is equally responsible as if his name were published.
Anonymously (adv.) 不具名地；化名地 In an anonymous manner; without a name. -- Swift.
Anonymously (adv.) Without giving a name; "she wrote these letters anonymously".
Anonymousness (n.) 不具名 The state or quality of being anonymous. -- Coleridge.
Anophyte (n.) (Bot.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
Anopla (n. pl.) (Zool.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina. Anoplothere
Anoplothere (n.) Alt. of Anoplotherium.
Anoplotherium (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).
Anoplura (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of insects which includes the lice. Anopsia; anopia
Anoplura (n.) Sucking lice [syn: Anoplura, order Anoplura].
Anopsia (a.) Alt. of Anopsy.
Anopsia, anopsy, anopia (Med.) Defect or absence of sight; blindness. anorexy
Anopsy (a.) Want or defect of sight; blindness.
Anorexia (n.) 【醫】食慾缺乏（症）；厭食；神經性厭食症 Alt. of Anorexy
Anorexy (n.) (Med.) Loss of appetite for food. -- Coxe.
Anorexia (n.) A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
Anormal (a.) Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]
Anorn (v. t.) To adorn. [Obs.] -- Bp. Watson.
Anorthic (a.) (Min.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.
Anorthic (a.) Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles; "triclinic system" [syn: triclinic, anorthic] [ant: monoclinic].
Anorthite (n.) A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
Anorthite (n.) Rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks.
Anorthoscope (n.) (Physics) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.
Anosmia (n.) (Med.) 【醫】嗅覺喪失症 Loss of the sense of smell. AS
Anosmia (n.) Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages).
Another (pron. & a.) One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. -- Shak.
Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. -- Shak.
Another (pron. & a.) Not the same; different.
He winks, and turns his lips another way. -- Shak.
Another (pron. & a.) Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. -- Prov. xxvii. 2.
While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. -- John v. 7.
Note: As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. "These two imparadised in one another's arms." -- Milton.
Another (a.) Any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day" [syn: another (a), some other].
Another-gaines (a.) Of another kind. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Another-gates (a.) Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." -- Hudibras.
Another-guess (a.) Of another sort. [Archaic]
It used to go in another-guess manner. -- Arbuthnot.
Anotta (n.) See Annotto.
Anoura (n.) See Anura.
Anura (n. pl.) (Zool.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]
Anourous (a.) See Anurous. anoxemia
Anurous (a.) (Zool.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Also written anourous.]
Ansae (n. pl. ) of Ansa.
Ansa (n.) (Astron.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.
Ansated (a.) Having a handle. -- Johnson.
Anserated (a.) (Her.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.
Anseres (n. pl.) (Zool.) A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
Anseres (n.) Used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae [syn: Anseres, suborder Anseres].
Anseriformes (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
Anseriformes (n.) Ducks; geese; swans; screamers [syn: Anseriformes, order Anseriformes].
Anserine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
Anserine (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anseres.
Anserine (a.) Of or resembling a goose.
Anserine (a.) Having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky].
Anserous (a.) Resembling a goose; silly; simple. -- Sydney Smith.
Answered (imp. & p. p.) of Answer.
Answering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Answer.
Answer (v. t.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
Answer (v. t.) To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
She answers him as if she knew his mind. -- Shak.
So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. -- Milton.
Answer (v. t.) To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
No man was able to answer him a word. -- Matt. xxii. 46.
These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. -- Milton.
The reasoning was not and could not be answered. -- Macaulay.
Answer (v. t.) To be or act in return or response to. Hence:
Answer (v. t.) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. -- Shak.
Answer (v. t.) To render account to or for.
I will . . . send him to answer thee. -- Shak.
Answer (v. t.) To atone; to be punished for.
And grievously hath C[ae]zar answered it. -- Shak.
Answer (v. t.) To be opposite to; to face.
The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. -- Gilpin.
Answer (v. t.) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.]
Money answereth all things. -- Eccles. x. 19.
Answer (v. t.) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. -- Swift.
Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
There was no voice, nor any that answered. --1 Kings xviii. 26.
Answer (v. i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.
Answer (v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. -- Shak.
Answer (v. i.) To be or act in return. Hence:
Answer (v. i.) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
Do the strings answer to thy noble hand? -- Dryden.
Answer (v. i.) To be opposite, or to act in opposition.