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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

announced
adjective declared publicly; made widely known; `their announced intentions`; `the newspaper`s proclaimed adherence to the government`s policy`

announcement
promulgation noun a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen; `the announcement appeared in the local newspaper`; `the promulgation was written in English`

announcement
noun a formal public statement; `the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war`; `a declaration of independence`

announcer
noun reads news, commercials on radio or television

annoy
rag 1 get to verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; `Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me`; `It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves`

annoyance
annoying noun the act of troubling or annoying someone

annoyed
harassed adjective troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; `harassed working mothers`; `a harried expression`; `her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions`; `the vexed parents of an unruly teenager`

annoying
bothersome adjective causing irritation or annoyance; `tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork`; `aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport`; `found it galling to have to ask permission`; `an irritating delay`; `nettlesome paperwork`; `a pesky mosquito`; `swarms of pestering gnats`; `a plaguey newfangled safety catch`; `a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him`; `a vexatious child`; `it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong`

annoyingly
adverb in an annoying manner or to an annoying degree

annual
yearly adjective occurring or payable every year; `an annual trip to Paris`; `yearly medical examinations`; `annual (or yearly) income`

annual fern
Jersey fern noun small short-lived fern of Central and South America

annual ring
growth ring noun an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow

annual salt-marsh aster
noun a variety of aster

annually
yearly adverb without missing a year; `they travel to China annually`

annuitant
noun the recipient of an annuity

annuity
noun income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; `his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity`

annuity in advance
noun an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods; `rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord`

annular
annulate adjective shaped like a ring

annular eclipse
noun only a thin outer disk of the sun can be seen

annular scotoma
noun a circular scotoma surrounding the center of the field of vision

annulet
noun a small ring

annulet
bandelette noun molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column

annulment
invalidation noun (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

annulus
noun (Fungi) remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the lower part of the stem

annum
noun (Latin) year; `per annum`

annunciate
harbinger verb foreshadow or presage

Annunciation
noun (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ

annunciator
noun an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)

annunciatory
adjective relating to the act of announcing or being announced

Annwfn
Annwn noun (Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies

anoa
dwarf buffalo noun small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns

Anobiidae
family Anobiidae noun deathwatch beetles

anode
noun a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device

anodic
anodal adjective of or at or relating to an anode

anodize
anodise verb coat a metal with an oxide coat

Anodonta
genus Anodonta noun thin-shelled freshwater mussels

Anoectochilus
genus Anoectochilus noun genus of delicate Asiatic orchids

Anogramma
genus Anogramma noun a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae

anoint
inunct verb administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

anointer
noun one who anoints as a religious ceremony

anointing
anointment noun the act of applying oil or an oily liquid

anointing of the sick
extreme unction noun a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation

Anolis
genus Anolis noun New World chameleons

Anomala
genus Anomala noun genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses

anomalist
noun someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases

anomalistic month
noun period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days

anomalistic year
noun time of the earth`s revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec

Anomalopidae
family Anomalopidae noun a family of fish including: flashlight fishes

anomalops
noun fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

anomalopteryx
Anomalopteryx oweni noun the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey

anomalous
adjective deviating from the general or common order or type; `advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe`

anomalously
adverb in an anomalous manner; `this man behaves anomalously`

anomaly
noun (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)

Anomia
genus Anomia noun type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters

anomie
anomy noun lack of moral standards in a society

Anomiidae
family Anomiidae noun saddle oysters

anon
adverb (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; `see you anon`

anonymity
namelessness noun the state of being anonymous

anonymous
anon. adjective having no known name or identity or known source; `anonymous authors`; `anonymous donors`; `an anonymous gift`

anonymous ftp
anonymous file transfer protocol noun a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as `guest` without a password and copy whatever has been made available

anonymously
adverb without giving a name; `she wrote these letters anonymously`

anoperineal
adjective relating to the anus and surrounding perineum

Anopheles
genus Anopheles noun malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult`s head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae

anopheline
adjective relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes

anopia
noun sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye)

Anoplura
order Anoplura noun sucking lice

anorchism
anorchidism noun absence of one of both testes

anorectal
adjective pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together

anorectic
anorexigenic adjective causing loss of appetite; `an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug`

anorexia
noun a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

anorexia nervosa
noun (psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated

anorexic
anorectic adjective suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin

anorgasmia
noun absence of an orgasm in sexual relations

anorthite
noun rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks

anorthitic
adjective characteristic of anorthite

anorthopia
noun distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved

anosmia
noun absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages)

anosmic
anosmatic adjective relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell

Anostraca
order Anostraca noun small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps

another(a)
some other adjective any of various alternatives; some other; `put it off to another (or some other) day`

Anouilh
Jean Anouilh noun French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987)

anovulation
noun the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary

anoxemia
noun abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood

anoxemic
adjective relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood

anoxia
noun severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues

anoxic
adjective relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs

anoxic anoxia
noun anoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs

Ansar al Islam
Ansar al-Islam noun a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein

Anser
genus Anser noun typical geese

Anseres
suborder Anseres noun used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae

anseriform bird
noun chiefly web-footed swimming birds

Anseriformes
order Anseriformes noun ducks; geese; swans; screamers

Anserinae
subfamily Anserinae noun used in some classifications for the swans

anserine
dopy 1 dopey 1 foolish adjective having or revealing stupidity; `ridiculous anserine behavior`; `a dopey answer`; `a dopey kid`; `some fool idea about rewriting authors` books`

Anshar
noun the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world`

answer
noun the speech act of replying to a question

answerable
adjective capable of being answered

answering
respondent adjective replying; `an answering glance`; `an answering smile`

answering machine
noun an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages

ant
emmet noun social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers