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anchronism
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anything accuring or existing out of its proper time.
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noun
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anagram
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the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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noun
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analogous
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Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
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noun
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analogy
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reasoning in which from certain known relations or resemblance of others are formed.
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noun
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analyst
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one who analyzes or makes use of analytical method.
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noun
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analyze
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to examine minutely or critically.
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verb
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anarchy
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absence or utter disregard of government.
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noun
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anathema
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anything forbidden, as social usage.
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noun
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anatomy
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the branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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noun
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ancestry
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one's ancestors collectively.
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noun
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anecdote
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a brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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noun
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anemia
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deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.
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noun
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anemic
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affected with anemia.
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adjective an
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anemometer
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an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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noun
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anesthetic
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pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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adjective
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anew
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once more.
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adverb
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angelic
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Saintly
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adjective
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Anglophobia
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hatred or dread of England or of what is English.
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noun
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Anglo-Saxon
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The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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noun
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angular
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sharp- cornered.
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adjective
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anhydrous
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withered
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adjective
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animadversion
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the utterance of criticism or censure.
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noun
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animadvert
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to pass criticism or censure.
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verb
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animalcule
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an animal of microscopic smallness.
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noun
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animate
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to make alive.
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verb
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animosity
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hatred.
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noun
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annalist
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Historian.
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noun
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annals
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a record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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noun
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annex
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to add or affix at the end.
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verb
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annihilate
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to destroy absolutely.
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verb
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annotate
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to make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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verb
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annual
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occuring once a year.
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adjective
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annuity
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an annual allowance, payment, or income.
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noun
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annunciation
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proclamation.
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noun
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anode
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the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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noun
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anonymous
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of unknown authorship.
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adjective
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antagonism
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mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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noun
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Antrctic
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pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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adjective
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ante
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in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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verb
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antecede
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to precede
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verb
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