| anas | Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text. |
| anas |
| anas | (n) type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks, Syn. genus Anas |
| anasa | (n) squash bugs, Syn. genus Anasa |
| anasarca | (n) generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue |
| anasarcous | (adj) characterized by or affected by dropsy |
| anasazi | (n) a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings |
| anaspid | (n) extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian |
| anaspida | (n) extinct order of jawless vertebrates, Syn. order Anaspida |
| anastalsis | (n) muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis, Ant. peristalsis |
| anastatica | (n) one species: rose of Jericho; resurrection plant, Syn. genus Anastatica |
| anastigmat | (n) compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images |
| Anas | ‖n. [ L., duck. ] (Zool.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Anasa | n. |
| anasarca | ‖n. [ NL., from Gr. |
| Anasarcous | a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Anaseismic | a. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; a shaking up and down. ] Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| anastaltic | a. & n. [ Gr. |
| anastate | n. [ Gr. |
| anastatic | a. [ Gr. In this process the letterpress, engraving, or design of any kind is transferred to a zinc plate; the parts not covered with ink are eaten out, leaving a facsimile in relief to be printed from. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Anastatica | n. |
| anastigmat | n. |
| Anastomose { f } [ med. ] | anastomosis [Add to Longdo] |
