An*en"ter*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?; intestine, &?; within, &?; in.] (Zoöl.) Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.
An"e*roid (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + nhro`s wet, moist + -oid: cf. F. anéroïde.] Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.
Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.
An"e*roid, n. An aneroid barometer.
Anes (nz), adv. Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
||An`es*the"si*a (&?;), n., An`es*thet"ic (&?;), a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.
An"et (&?;), n. [F. aneth, fr. L. anethum, Gr. 'a`nhqon. See Anise.] The herb dill, or dillseed.
An"e*thol (&?;), n. [L. anethum (see Anise) + -ol.] (Chem.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts.
A*net"ic (&?;), a. [L. aneticus, Gr. &?; relaxing; &?; back + &?; to send.] (Med.) Soothing.
An"eu*rism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a widening, an opening; &?; up + &?; wide.] (Med.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]
An`eu*ris"mal (&?;), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]
A*new" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + new.] Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden.
An*frac"tu*ose` (?; 135), a. [See Anfractuous.] Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.
An*frac`tu*os"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Anfractuosities (#). [Cf. F. anfractuosité.] 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper.
Macaulay.
2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
An*frac"tu*ous (&?;), a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; an-, for amb- + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. -- An*frac"tu*ous*ness, n.
An*frac"ture (&?;), n. A mazy winding.
An*ga"ri*a"tion (&?;), n. [LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr. 'a`ggaros (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches.] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.] Speed.
An`gei*ol"o*gy (&?;), n., An`gei*ot"o*my, etc. Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.
An"gel (&?;), n. [AS. ængel, engel, influenced by OF. angele, angle, F. ange. Both the AS. and the OF. words are from L. angelus, Gr. 'a`ggelos messenger, a messenger of God, an angel.] 1. A messenger. [R.]
The dear good angel of the Spring,
The nightingale.
B. Jonson.
2. A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.
O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope,
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings.
Milton.
3. One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.