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

antler-like
adjective resembling antlers

antlered
adjective having antlers

Antlia
noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela

Antofagasta
noun a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile

Antonine Wall
noun a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain

Antoninus
Aurelius noun Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)

Antonius Pius
noun Emperor of Rome; adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161)

Antony
Anthony noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

antonym
opposite word noun a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; `to him the antonym of `gay` was `depressed``

antonymous
adjective of words: having opposite meanings

antonymy
noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings

antrorse
adjective bent or curved forward or upward; `a plant having antrorse hairs on the stem`

Antrozous
genus Antrozous noun a genus of Vespertilionidae

antrum
noun a natural cavity or hollow in a bone

antsy
fidgety adjective unable to relax or be still; `a constant fretful stamping of hooves`; `itchy for excitement`; `a restless child`

Antum
noun Babylonian consort of Anu

Antwerpen
Antwerp noun a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460

Anu
noun Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea

Anubis
noun an Egyptian god of tombs that has the head of a jackal; conducted dead persons to judgment

Anunnaki
Enuki noun any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods

anuran
batrachian adjective relating to frogs and toads

anuresis
anuria noun inability to urinate

anuretic
anuric adjective of or relating to an inability to urinate

anurous
tailless adjective not having a tail; `anurous toads and frogs`

anus
arse noun excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal

anvil
noun a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

anxiety
noun a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

anxiety attack
noun a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic

anxiety disorder
noun a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

anxiety hysteria
noun a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis

anxiety neurosis
noun characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear

anxiolytic
adjective anxiety relieving

anxious
nervous adjective causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; `spent an anxious night waiting for the test results`; `cast anxious glances behind her`; `those nervous moments before takeoff`; `an unquiet mind`

anxious(p)
dying(p) adjective eagerly desirous; `anxious to see the new show at the museum`; `dying to hear who won`

anxiously
uneasily adverb with anxiety or apprehension; `we watched anxiously`

anxiousness
disquiet noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

any
adverb to any degree or extent; `it isn`t any better`

any-and-all bid
noun a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding

any(a)
whatever adjective one or some or every or all without specification; `give me any peaches you don`t want`; `not any milk is left`; `any child would know that`; `pick any card`; `any day now`; `cars can be rented at almost any airport`; `at twilight or any other time`; `beyond any doubt`; `need any help we can get`; `give me whatever peaches you don`t want`; `no milk whatsoever is left`

anyhow
anyway adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; `Anyhow, he is dead now`; `I think they`re asleep; anyhow, they`re quiet`; `I don`t know what happened to it; anyway, it`s gone`; `anyway, there is another factor to consider`; `I don`t know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle`; `in any event, the government faced a serious protest`; `but at any rate he got a knighthood for it`

anything
noun a thing of any kind; `do you have anything to declare?`

anywhere
anyplace adverb at or in or to any place; `you can find this food anywhere`; (`anyplace` is used informally for `anywhere`)

Anzac
noun a soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I

Anzio
noun a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II

ao dai
noun the traditional dress of Vietnamese women consisting of a tunic with long sleeves and panels front and back; the tunic is worn over trousers

aorist
noun a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

aoristic
adjective of or relating to the aorist tense

aorta
noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries

aortal
aortic adjective of or relating to the aorta

aortic aneurysm
noun an aneurysm of the aorta

aortic arch
noun the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward

aortic orifice
noun the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta

aortic plexus
noun a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta

aortic stenosis
noun abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve

aortic valve
noun a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart

aortitis
noun inflammation of the aorta

Aotus
genus Aotus noun douroucoulis

aoudad
arui noun wild sheep of northern Africa

Apache
noun the language of the Apache

apache dance
noun a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)

apache devil dance
noun a ritual dance of the Apache

apadana
noun the great hall in ancient Persian palaces

Apalachicola
Apalachicola River noun a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border

Apalachicola rosemary
Conradina glabra noun small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers; a threatened species

apar
three-banded armadillo noun South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates

apart
adverb into parts or pieces; `he took his father`s watch apart`; `split apart`; `torn asunder`

apart(p)
isolated adjective remote and separate physically or socially; `existed over the centuries as a world apart`; `preserved because they inhabited a place apart`- W.H.Hudson; `tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization`; `an obscure village`

apartheid
noun a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

apartment
flat noun a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

apartment building
apartment house noun a building that is divided into apartments

apatetic coloration
noun coloring serving as natural camouflage

apathetic
indifferent adjective marked by a lack of interest; `an apathetic audience`; `the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent`

apathetically
adverb in an apathetic manner; `she behaves apathetically these days`

apathy
noun an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

apathy
numbness noun the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

apatite
noun a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus

apatosaur
apatosaurus noun huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic

Apatura
genus Apatura noun large Old World butterflies

APC
noun a drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine)

ape
noun any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all

Apeldoorn
noun a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family

Apennines
noun a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula

apercu
noun a short synopsis

aperea
wild cavy noun South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig

aperient
adjective mildly laxative

aperiodic
nonperiodic adjective not recurring at regular intervals

aperitif
noun taken before a meal as an appetizer

apertif
noun an alcoholic drink that is taken as an appetizer before a meal

aperture
noun an man-made opening; usually small

apery
mimicry noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

apetalous
petalless adjective (of flowers) having no petals

apetalous flower
noun flower having no petals

apex
apex of the sun`s way noun the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

Apgar score
noun an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness

aphaeresis
apheresis noun (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon` for `raccoon` or `till` for `until`

aphaeretic
apheretic adjective relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis

aphagia
noun loss of the ability to swallow

aphakia
noun absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts)

aphakic
adjective of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia

aphanite
noun fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye