n. An insoluble solid alcohol (C12H25OH) with an unbranched paraffin chain, used to make detergents, such as sodium lauryl sulfate.
Syn. -- lauryl alcohol [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianopolis [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianople [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖r ‖/mhw>, n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, having a compressed, bladelike bill and remarkable for communistic nesting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the family comprising the deathwatch beetles.
Syn. -- family Anobiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or at or relating to an anode. Contrastive to cathodic.
Syn. -- anodic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + &unr_; way. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to coat a metal with an oxide coat by electrolytic action at an anode; -- used especially to coat aluminum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; toothless; 'an priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge. [ Written also Anodonta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
Syn. -- genus Anodonta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anodynus, Gr. &unr_; free from pain, stilling pain; 'an priv. + &unr_; pain: cf. F. anodin. ] Serving to assuage pain; soothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The word [ in a medical sense ] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce.” Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anodynon. See Anodyne, a. ] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anodyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unthinkable; &unr_; priv. + &unr_; perceptible, thinkable. ] 1. Unthinkable. [ Rare ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Psychol.) Not subject to conscious attention; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being; characteristic of the “fringe” or “margin” of consciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Presentation considered as having an existence relatively independent of thought, may be called sentience, or anoetic consciousness. Thought and sentience are fundamentally distinct mental functions. G. F. Stout. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ OF. enoilier. ] To anoint with oil. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Anointing. ] [ OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre, fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See Ointment, Unguent. ] 1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [ Aaron's ] head and anoint him. Exod. xxix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 1 Kings xix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by “divine right.” 1 Sam. xxvi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Anointed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who anoints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizard (Anolis carolinensis) with the ability to change skin color.
Syn. -- American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖prop. n. [ In the Antilles, anoli, anoalli, a lizard. ] (Zool.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything anomalous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ #), } a. [ L. anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot. ] Having anomalous feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anomalistique. ] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With irregularity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having anomalous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family comprising the flashlightfishes.
Syn. -- family Anomalopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1 a fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; it inhabits warm waters of the West Pacific and Puerto Rico. It is called also flashlight fish.
Syn. -- flashlight fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the smallest moa (Anomalopteryx oweni); it is a slender moa about the size of a large turkey.
Syn. -- Anomalopteryx oweni. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anomalus, Gr. &unr_; uneven, irregular; 'an priv. + &unr_; even, &unr_; same. See Same, and cf. Abnormal. ] Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anomalous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anomalies [ L. anomalia, Gr. &unr_;. See Anomalous. ] 1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (a) 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. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; irregular; 'a priv. + no`mos law. ] (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; irregular + &unr_; leaf. ] (Bot.) Having leaves irregularly placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; lawless + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [ Written also anomoural, anomouran. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Anomura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Anomia. ] Disregard or violation of law. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + ān one. See On and One. ] 1. Straightway; at once. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Soon; in a little while. [ 1913 Webster ]

As it shall better appear anon. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. At another time; then; again. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anon right, at once; right off. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pouncet box, which ever and anon
He gave his nose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL. Cf. Ananas. ] (Bot.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceæ, including the soursop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. anonyme. See Anonymous. ] 1. One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for “pseudonym.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. [ R. ] J. R. Seeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without name; 'an priv. + &unr_;, Eol. for &unr_; name. See Name. ] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]