A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from 17th c.]
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from 19th c.]
The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
anachronist
anachronist
noun
A person who has anachronistic views or habits
anachronous
anachronous
Adjective
anachronistic
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
anagnorises
anagnorises
noun
plural of anagnorisis
anagnorisis
anagnorisis
noun
The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations; a denouement.
anamorphism
anamorphism
noun
(computer science) a generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras
anamorphose
anamorphose
verb
(transitive) To distort (an image) by anamorphosis.
anamorphous
anamorphous
adj
distorted, deformed
anantherous
anantherous
adj
(botany) Without anthers
anapleroses
anapleroses
noun
plural of anaplerosis
anaplerosis
anaplerosis
noun
(biochemistry) An intermediate enzyme reaction that replaces a depleted vital compound.
The replenishment of a deficiency, or refilling of the space left by a destroyed part.
anarcestean
anarchistic
anarchistic
adj
Anarchic; chaotic or free-spirited.
Of or relating to anarchism or anarchy.
anarthrosis
anastrophes
anastrophes
noun
plural of anastrophe
anastrophia
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anatosaurus
ancestorial
ancestorial
adj
Ancestral.
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
ancestrally
ancestrally
adv
Pertaining to ancestry.
anchisaurus
anchoresses
anchoresses
noun
plural of anchoress
anchoretish
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritess
anchoritess
noun
A female anchorite; an anchoress.
anchoritish
anchoritism
ancientries
ancientries
noun
plural of ancientry
ancillaries
ancillaries
noun
plural of ancillary
ancistrodon
ancyloceras
andreaeales
androcrates
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androginous
androgynies
androgynies
noun
plural of androgyny
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androlepsia
andrologies
androphonos
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
anemometers
anemometers
noun
plural of anemometer
anerethisia
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
angiotripsy
angiotripsy
noun
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe
angrinesses
angrinesses
noun
plural of angriness
angularness
angularness
noun
The state or quality of being angular.
anhydrously
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
anisandrous
anisocarpic
anisocercal
anisocratic
anisocratic
adj
(chemistry) Not isocratic
anisomerous
anisomerous
adj
(botany) Having the number of floral organs unequal.
anisometric
anisometric
adj
Not isometric or symmetrical
anisopteran
anisopteran
noun
Any dragonfly of the infraorder Anisoptera
anisotropal
anisotropic
anisotropic
adj
(physics, mathematics) Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
anniversary
anniversary
noun
(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
(loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
anorthosite
anorthosite
noun
(petrology) A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar.
anosphrasia
anosphresia
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
antecessors
antecessors
noun
plural of antecessor
antennarius
antestature
antesternal
antesternal
adj
(anatomy) anterior to the sternum
antesternum
antesunrise
anteversion
anteversion
noun
(medicine) The state or condition of being anteverted.
anthesteria
anthesterin
anthesterol
anthracenes
anthracenes
noun
plural of anthracene
anthracites
anthracites
noun
plural of anthracite
anthracnose
anthracnose
noun
(phytopathology) Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.
anthracosis
anthracosis
noun
(pneumology, pathology) A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
anthropodus
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
anticarious
anticarious
adj
(dentistry) That prevents, or counteracts caries
antichreses
antichreses
noun
plural of antichresis
antichresis
antichresis
noun
(civil law) An agreement by which a debtor gives a creditor the use of real property to be able to pay interest and principal of the debt.
antichrists
antichrists
noun
plural of antichrist
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antidysuric
antierosion
antierosion
adj
(geology) Countering erosion.
antierosive
antifreezes
antifreezes
noun
plural of antifreeze
antiheroism
antiheroism
noun
(literature) The quality of being an antihero
antileprosy
antileprosy
adj
(medicine) Countering leprosy.
antimasonry
antimasonry
noun
Opposition to Freemasonry.
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antimatters
antimatters
noun
plural of antimatter
antiparties
antiparties
noun
plural of antiparty
antiphrases
antiphrases
noun
plural of antiphrase
plural of antiphrasis
antiphrasis
antiphrasis
noun
(rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect
antiprotons
antiprotons
noun
plural of antiproton
antipyresis
antipyresis
noun
(medicine) The reduction of fever.
antipyrines
antipyrines
noun
plural of antipyrine
antiquaries
antiquaries
noun
plural of antiquary
antiquarism
antiquarism
noun
Synonym of antiquarianism
antiracisms
antiracisms
noun
plural of antiracism
antiracists
antiracists
noun
plural of antiracist
antirealism
antirealism
noun
(philosophy) Any position involving denial of the objective reality of certain entities, or denial that certain general statements are objectively either true or false.
antirealist
antirealist
noun
(philosophy) One who rejects realism.
antirentism
antirentism
noun
(US, historical) The beliefs of the antirenters.
antirickets
antirickets
adj
Preventing rickets.
antisecrecy
antisecrecy
adj
Opposing or countering secrecy.
antiseizure
antiseizure
adj
(pharmacology) Intended to combat or reduce seizures.
Preventing goods etc. from being seized.
antisideric
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
antisnapper
antistories
antistories
noun
plural of antistory
antistriker
antistriker
noun
One who opposes a strike (industrial action).
antistrophe
antistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
(rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
The lines of this part of the choral song.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
antitarnish
antitarnish
adj
Preventing tarnishing.
antitrismus
antitropous
antitropous
adj
(botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
antitruster
antitruster
noun
(US) A government agent who investigates monopolies.
antitrypsin
antitrypsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of serum proteins that inhibit trypsin and similar proteolytic enzymes
