Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 71
Antiicteric (n.) (Med.) A remedy for jaundice.
Antiicteric (n.) Rarely used term for an agent that prevents or cures icterus (jaundice).
Antiicteric (a.) (Med.) Good against jaundice.
Compare: Jaundice
Jaundice (n.) 黃疸 A medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin and typically caused by obstruction of the bile duct, by liver disease, or by excessive breakdown of red blood cells.
Jaundice (n.) Bitterness, resentment, or cynicism.
Compare: Icterus
Icterus (n.) (Medicine) 黃疸 Technical term for jaundice.
Anti-inflammatory (n.) 抗炎藥；消炎藥 A medicine intended to reduce inflammation [syn: anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug].
Anti-inflammatory (n.) Pharmacology. A medication, as aspirin, used to reduce inflammation.
Anti-inflammatory (a.) 抗炎的；消炎的 Acting to reduce certain signs of inflammation, as swelling, tenderness, fever, and pain.
Antilegomena (n. pl.) (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.
Antilibration (n.) A balancing; equipoise. [R.] -- De Quincey.
Antilithic (a.) (Med.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.
Antilithic (n.) An antilithic medicine.
Antilogarithm (n.) (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic, a.
Antilogarithm (n.) The number of which a given number is the logarithm [syn: antilogarithm, antilog].
Antilogous (a.) Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous.
Antilogous pole (Eccl.), That pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.
Antilogies (n. pl. ) of Antilogy.
Antilogy (n.) A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Antiloimic (n.) (Med.) A remedy against the plague. --Brande & C.
Antilopine (a.) Of or relating to the antelope.
Antiloquist (n.) A contradicter. [Obs.]
Antiloquy (n.) Contradiction. [Obs.]
Antilyssic (a. & n.) (Med.) Antihydrophobic.
Antimacassar (n.) A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
Antimacassar (n.) A piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils.
Antimagistrical (a.) Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.] -- South.
Antimalarial (a.) Good against malaria.
Antimalarial (n.) A medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria [syn: antimalarial, antimalarial drug].
Antimask (n.) A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [Written also antimasque.] -- Bacon.
Antimason (n.) One opposed to Freemasonry. -- An`ti*ma*son"ic (a.)
Antimasonry (n.) Opposition to Freemasonry.
Antimephitic (a.) (Med.) Good against mephitic or deleterious gases.
Antimephitic (n.) A remedy against mephitic gases. -- Dunglison.
Antimere (n.) (Biol.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
Antimetabole (n.) (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
Antimetathesis (n.) (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
Antimeter (n.) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [Obs.] Antimonarchic
Antimicrobial (a.) Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms [syn: antimicrobial, antimicrobic].
Antimicrobial (n.) An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease [syn: disinfectant, germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial].
Antimicrobial (a.) 抗菌的 Active against microbes.
Antimicrobial (n.) 抗菌劑；殺菌劑 An antimicrobial substance.
Antimonarchic (a.) Alt. of Antimonarchical.
Antimonarchical (a.)反君主政體的 Opposed to monarchial government. -- Bp. Benson. Addison.
Antimonarchist (n.) 反對君主制度者 An enemy to monarchial government.
Compare: Monarchical
Monarchical (a.) 君主的；帝王風度的 Monarchic. -- Burke.
Compare: Monarchic
Monarchic (a.) 君主的；君主政體的 Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. -- Burke. -- {Mo*nar"chic*al*ly}, adv.
Monarchic (a.) Ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; "monarchal government"; "monarchical systems" [syn: {monarchal}, {monarchical}, {monarchic}].
Antimonate (n.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.
Antimonial (a.) Of or pertaining to antimony.
Antimonial (n.) (Med.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony.
Antimonial powder, A consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; -- also called James's powder.
Antimonial (a.) Containing antimony; "antimonial lead".
Antimoniated (a.) Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.
Antimonic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
Antimonic (a.) Relating to or derived from antimony; "antimonious oxide" [syn: antimonic, antimonious].
Antimonious (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.
Antimonious (a.) Relating to or derived from antimony; "antimonious oxide" [syn: antimonic, antimonious].
Antimonite (n.) (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
Antimonite (n.) (Min.) Stibnite.
Antimoniureted (a.) (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]
Antimony (n.) (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
Note: It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the sti`mmi of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony.
Antimony (n.) A metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite [syn: antimony, Sb, atomic number 51].
Antimony
Symbol: Sb
Atomic number: 51
Atomic weight: 121.75
Element of group 15. Multiple allotropic forms. The stable form of antimony is a blue-white metal. Yellow and black antimony are unstable non-metals. Used in flame-proofing, paints, ceramics, enamels, and rubber.
Attacked by oxidizing acids and halogens. First reported by Tholden in 1450.
Antimony, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 122
Housing Units (2000): 81
Land area (2000): 10.115611 sq. miles (26.199311 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.115611 sq. miles (26.199311 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01860
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 38.095716 N, 111.973131 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84712
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Antimony, UT
Antimony
Antinational (a.) Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.
Antinephritic (a.) (Med.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys.
Antinephritic (n.) An antinephritic remedy.
Antinomian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
Antinomian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. -- Mosheim.
Antinomian (a.) Relating to or influenced by antinomianism.
Antinomian (n.) A follower of the doctrine of antinomianism.
Antinomianism (n.) The tenets or practice of Antinomians. -- South.
Antinomianism (n.) The theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture).
Antinomist (n.) An Antinomian. [R.] -- Bp. Sanderson.
Antinomies (n. pl. ) of Antinomy.
Antinomy (n.) Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. -- De Quincey.
Antinomy (n.) An opposing law or rule of any kind.
As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. -- Milton.
Antinomy (n.) (Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.
Antinomy (n.) A contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable.
Antiochian (a.) Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
Antiochian (a.) Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
Antiochian epoch (Chron.), A method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.
Antiodontalgic (a.) (Med.) Efficacious in curing toothache.
Antiodontalgic (n.) A remedy for toothache.
Antiorgastic (a.) (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Antipapal (a.) Opposed to the pope or to popery. -- Milton.
Antiparallel (a.) Running in a contrary direction. -- Hammond.
Antiparallel (a.) (Especially of vectors) Parallel but oppositely directed; "antiparallel vectors".
Antiparallels (n. pl.) (Geom.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
Antiparalytic (a.) (Med.) Good against paralysis.
Antiparalytic (n.) A medicine for paralysis.
Antiparalytical (a.) Antiparalytic.
Antipathetic (a.) Alt. of Antipathetical.
Antipathetical (a.) Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to. -- Fuller.
Antipathetical (a.) (Usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request" [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)].
Antipathetical (a.) Characterized by antagonism or antipathy; "slaves antagonistic to their masters"; "antipathetic factions within the party" [syn: antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical].
Antipathic (a.) [Med.] 不相容的，反對的；【醫】有反對徵候的 Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.
Antipathist (n.) One who has an antipathy. [R.] "Antipathist of light." -- Coleridge.
Antipathize (v. i.) To feel or show antipathy. [R.]
Antipathous (a.) Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Antipathies (n. pl. ) of Antipathy.
Antipathy (n.) 反感，厭惡 [U] [C] [（+to/ towards/ against/ for）]；引起反感的事物；憎惡的對象 [C] Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. -- Washington.
Antipathy (n.) Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. -- I. Taylor.
Note: Antipathy is opposed to {sympathy}. It is followed by to, against, or between; also sometimes by for.
Syn: Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See {Dislike}.
Antipathy (n.) A feeling of intense dislike [syn: {antipathy}, {aversion}, {distaste}].
Antipathy (n.) The object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy".
Antipathy (n.) The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.
Antipeptone (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
Antiperiodic (n.) (Med.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
Antiperistaltic (a.) (Med.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
Antiperistasis (n.) Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.
Antiperistatic (a.) Pertaining to antiperistasis.
Antipetalous (a.) (Bot.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
Antipharmic (a.) (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic.
Antiphlogistian (n.) An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
Antiphlogistic (a.) (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
Antiphlogistic (a.) (Med.) 【醫】消炎的 Counteracting inflammation.
Antiphlogistic (n.) (Med.) 消炎劑 Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. -- Coxe.
Antiphlogistic (a.) (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
Antiphlogistic (a.) (Med.) Counteracting inflammation.
Antiphon (n.) 交互輪唱的歌；輪唱讚美詩 A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
Antiphon (n.) A verse said before and after the psalms. -- Shipley.
Antiphon (n.) A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response [syn: antiphon, antiphony].
Antiphon (n.) A psalm, anthem, or verse sung responsively.
Antiphon (n.) A verse usually from Scripture said or sung before and after a canticle, psalm, or psalm verse as part of the liturgy.
Antiphonal (a.) Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. -- Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.
Antiphonal (n.) A book of antiphons or anthems.
Antiphonary (n.) 應答輪唱歌集 A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
Antiphonary (a.) 應答輪唱歌集的 Relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony [syn: {antiphonary}, {antiphonal}].
Antiphonary (n.) Bound collection of antiphons [syn: {antiphonary}, {antiphonal}].
Antiphone (n.) (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.
Antiphoner (n.) A book of antiphons. -- Chaucer.
Antiphonic (a.) Antiphonal.
Antiphonies (n. pl. ) of Antiphony.
Antiphony (n.) A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
Antiphony (n.) An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. -- R. Browning.
Antiphony (n.) Alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts.
Antiphony (n.) A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response [syn: antiphon, antiphony].
Antiphrasis (n.) (Rhet.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance. Antiphrastic
Antiphrasis (n.) The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony).
Antiphrastic (a.) Alt. of Antiphrastical.
Antiphrastical (a.) Pertaining to antiphrasis. -- An`ti*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.
Antiphthisic (a.) (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.
Antiphthisic (n.) A medicine for phthisis.
Antiphysical (a.) Contrary to nature; unnatural.
Antiphysical (a.) (Med.) Relieving flatulence; carminative.
Antiplastic (a.) Diminishing plasticity.