Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.
An`a*clas"tics (&?;), n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit.
||An`a*cœ*no"sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, to communicate; &?; up + &?; to make common, &?; common.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.
An`a*co*lu"thic (&?;), a. Lacking grammatical sequence. -- An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly (&?;), adv.
||An`a*co*lu"thon (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + &?; following.] (Gram.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
An`a*con"da (&?;), n. [Of Ceylonese origin?] (Zoöl.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
A*nac`re*on"tic (&?;), a. [L. Anacreonticus.] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.
A*nac`re*on"tic, n. A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.
An`a*crot"ic (&?;), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism.
A*nac"ro*tism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, up, again + &?; a stroke.] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
||An`a*cru"sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to push up or back; &?; + &?; to strike.] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
An"a*dem (&?;), n. [L. anadema, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to wreathe; &?; up + &?; to bind.] A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath. Drayton. Tennyson.
||An`a*di*plo"sis (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; to double, &?;, &?;, twofold, double.] (Rhet.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."
An"a*drom (&?;), n. [Cf. F. anadrome.] (Zoöl.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.
A*nad"ro*mous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; running upward; &?; + &?; a running, &?; to run.] 1. (Zoöl.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.
2. (Bot.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.
||A*næ"mi*a (*n"m*), a. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anaimi`a; 'an priv. + a'i^ma blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
A*næm"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to anæmia.
An*a`ë*rob"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) Relating to, or like, anaërobies; anaërobiotic.
An*a"ër*o*bies (&?;), n. pl. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?;, &?;, air + bi`os life.] (Biol.) Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. Sternberg.
An*a`ër*o*bi*ot"ic (&?;), a. (Anat.) Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.
||An`æs*the"si*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; 'an priv. + &?; feeling, &?; to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See Æsthetics.] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anæsthetic.
||An`æs*the"sis (&?;), n. See Anæsthesia.
An`æs*thet"ic (&?;), a. (Med.) (a) Capable of rendering insensible; as, anæsthetic agents. (b) Characterized by, or connected with, insensibility; as, an anæsthetic effect or operation.
An`æs*thet"ic, n. (Med.) That which produces insensibility to pain, as chloroform, ether, etc.
An*æs`the*ti*za"tion (&?;), n. The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.
An*æs"the*tize (&?;), v. t. (Med.) To render insensible by an anæsthetic. Encyc. Brit.
An"a*glyph (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wrought in low relief, &?; embossed work; &?; + &?; to engrave.] Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.
{ An`a*glyph"ic (&?;), An`a*glyph"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.
An`a*glyph"ic, n. Work chased or embossed relief.
An`a*glyp"tic (&?;), a. [L. anaglypticus, Gr. &?;, &?;. See Anaglyph.] Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.
An`a*glyp"tics (&?;), n. The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.
An`a*glyp"to*graph (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + - graph.] An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.
An`a*glyp`to*graph"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, anaglyptographic engraving.
An`a*glyp*tog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; embossed + -graphy.] The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.
||An`ag*nor"i*sis (&?;), n. [Latinized fr. Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; to recognize.] The unfolding or dénouement. [R.] De Quincey.
An`a*go"ge (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a leading up; &?; + &?; a leading, &?; to lead.] 1. An elevation of mind to things celestial.
2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.
{ An`a*gog"ic (&?;), An`a*gog"ic*al (&?;), } a. Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv.
An`a*gog"ics (&?;), n. pl. Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L. Addison.
An"a*go`gy (&?;), n. Same as Anagoge.
An"a*gram (&?;), n. [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. &?; back, again + &?; to write. See Graphic.] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.
An"a*gram, v. t. To anagrammatize.
Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus.
Warburton.
{ An`a*gram*mat"ic (&?;), An`a*gram*mat"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
An`a*gram"ma*tism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. anagrammatisme.] The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden.
An`a*gram"ma*tist, n. [Cf. F. anagrammatiste.] A maker anagrams.
An`a*gram"ma*tize (&?;), v. t. [Gr. &?; cf. F. anagrammatiser.] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth.
An"a*graph (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a writing out, fr. &?; to write out, to record; &?; + &?; to write.] An inventory; a record. [Obs.] Knowles.
{ ||An"a*kim (&?;), A"naks (&?;), } n. pl. [Heb.] (Bibl.) A race of giants living in Palestine.
A"nal (&?;), a. [From Anus.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.
A*nal"cime (&?;), n. [Gr. 'an priv. + 'a`lkimos strong, 'alkh` strength: cf. F. analcime.] (Min.) A white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name.
A*nal"cite (-st), n. [Gr. 'analkh`s weak.] Analcime.
An`a*lec"tic (n`*lk"tk), a. Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine.
{ An"a*lects (n"*lkts), ||An`a*lec"ta (n`*lk"t), } n. pl. [Gr. 'ana`lekta fr. 'anale`gein to collect; 'ana` + le`gein to gather.] A collection of literary fragments.
||An`a*lem"ma (-lm"m), n. [L. analemma a sun dial on a pedestal, showing the latitude and meridian of a place, Gr. 'ana`lhmma a support, or thing supported, a sun dial, fr. 'analamba`nein to take up; 'ana` + lamba`nein to take.] 1. (Chem.) An orthographic projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west point of the horizon.
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2. An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much used in solving some common astronomical problems.
3. A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.
{ ||An`a*lep"sis (n`*lp"ss), An"a*lep"sy (n"*lp`s), } [Gr. &?; a taking up, or again, recovery, from &?;. See Analemma.] (Med.) (a) Recovery of strength after sickness. (b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.
An`a*lep"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; restorative: cf. F. analeptique. See Analepsis.] (Med.) Restorative; giving strength after disease. -- n. A restorative.
||An`al*ge"si*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'analghsi`a; 'an priv. + 'a`lghsis sense of pain.] (Med.) Absence of sensibility to pain. Quain.
An`al*lag*mat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?; a change.] (Math.) Not changed in form by inversion.
Anallagmatic curves, a class of curves of the fourth degree which have certain peculiar relations to circles; -- sometimes called bicircular quartics. -- Anallagmatic surfaces, a certain class of surfaces of the fourth degree.
An`al*lan*to"ic (&?;), a. (Anat.) Without, or not developing, an allantois.
||An`al*lan*toid"e*a (&?;), n. pl. [Gr. 'an priv. + E. allantoidea.] (Zoöl.) The division of Vertebrata in which no allantois is developed. It includes amphibians, fishes, and lower forms.
A*nal"o*gal (&?;), a. Analogous. [Obs.] Donne.
An`a*log"ic (&?;), a. [See Analogous.] Of or belonging to analogy. Geo. Eliot.
An`a*log"ic*al (&?;), a. 1. Founded on, or of the nature of, analogy; expressing or implying analogy.
When a country which has sent out colonies is termed the mother country, the expression is analogical.
J. S. Mill.