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Anatropal
a.
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Alt. of Anatropous
Anatropous
a.
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Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous.
Anatto
n.
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Same as Annotto.
Anbury
n.
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Alt. of Ambury
Ambury
n.
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A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
Ambury
n.
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A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
-ance
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A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
Ancestor
n.
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One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
Ancestor
n.
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An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
Ancestor
n.
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One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
Ancestorial
a.
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Ancestral.
Ancestorially
adv.
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With regard to ancestors.
Ancestral
a.
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Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
Ancestress
n.
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A female ancestor.
Ancestry
n.
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Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
Ancestry
n.
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A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Anchor
n.
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A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.
Anchor
n.
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Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place.
Anchor
n.
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Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
Anchor
n.
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An emblem of hope.
Anchor
n.
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A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
Anchor
n.
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Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
Anchor
n.
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One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
Anchored
imp. & p. p.
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of Anchor
Anchoring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Anchor
Anchor
v. t.
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To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.
Anchor
v. t.
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To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge.
Anchor
v. i.
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To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
Anchor
v. i.
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To stop; to fix or rest.
Anchor
n.
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An anchoret.