| Anathema |
n. |
A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. |
| Anathema |
n. |
An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. |
| Anathema |
n. |
Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. |
| Anathemas |
pl. |
of Anathema |
| Anathematic |
a. |
Alt. of Anathematical |
| Anathematical |
a. |
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. |
| Anathematism |
n. |
Anathematization. |
| Anathematization |
n. |
The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. |
| Anathematize |
v. t. |
To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. |
| Anathematized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Anathematize |
| Anathematizer |
n. |
One who pronounces an anathema. |
| Anathematizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Anathematize |
| Anatifa |
n. |
An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia. |
| Anatifae |
pl. |
of Anatifa |
| Anatifer |
n. |
Same as Anatifa. |
| Anatiferous |
a. |
Producing ducks;
applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle. |
| Anatine |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike. |
| Anatocism |
n. |
Compound interest. |
| Anatomic |
a. |
Alt. of Anatomical |
| Anatomical |
a. |
Of or relating to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. |
| Anatomically |
adv. |
In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection. |
| Anatomies |
pl. |
of Anatomy |
| Anatomism |
n. |
The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. |
| Anatomism |
n. |
The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life. |
| Anatomist |
n. |
One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection. |
| Anatomization |
n. |
The act of anatomizing. |
| Anatomize |
v. t. |
To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts. |
| Anatomize |
v. t. |
To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze. |
| Anatomized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Anatomize |
| Anatomizer |
n. |
A dissector. |
| Anatomizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Anatomize |
| Anatomy |
n. |
The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. |
| Anatomy |
n. |
The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. |
| Anatomy |
n. |
A treatise or book on anatomy. |
| Anatomy |
n. |
The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. |
| Anatomy |
n. |
A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. |
| Anatreptic |
a. |
Overthrowing; defeating;
applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. |
| Anatron |
n. |
Native carbonate of soda; natron. |
| Anatron |
n. |
Glass gall or sandiver. |
| Anatron |
n. |
Saltpeter. |
| Anatropal |
a. |
Alt. of Anatropous |
| Anatropous |
a. |
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex;
opposed to orthotropous. |
| Anatto |
n. |
Same as Annotto. |
