anagram 
anagram (an'a-gram), r. (. [< anagram, n.] To 
form into an anagram. 
anagrammatic (an"a-gra-mat'ik), a. [< NL. 
anagram ma(t-) T -ic.'] Pertaining to or form- 
ing an anagram Anagrammatic multiplication, 
in alg., that form of multiplk-:itiim in which the order 
of the letters is indifferent. 
anagrammatical (an^a-gi-a-mafi-kal), a. 
Same as anagrammatic. " 
We cannot leave the author's name in that obscurity 
which the anayramtnatical title seems intended to throw 
over it. ... Merlin is only the representative of Dr. Alil- 
ner. Southey, Quarterly Rev., XXXIII. 6. (A T . E. D.) 
anagrammatically (an"a-gra-mat'i-kal-i), adv. 
In the manner of an anagram. 
anagrammatise, r. See anagrammatize. 
anagrammatism (an-a-gram'a-tizm), n. [< F. 
anagrammatisme, < Nlj. anagrammatismus, < Gr. 
dvaypa[i[iaTiafi.6f, transposition of letters: see 
anagram.} The act or practice of making ana- 
grams. 
anagrammatist (an-a-gram'a-tist), n. [< NL. 
anagramma(t-) + -ist.] A maker of anagrams, 
anagrammatize (an-a-grain'a-tiz), v. ; pret. 
anoTpp. anagraimatized,T>i>r. anagrammatizing. 
[= F. anagrammatiser, < Gr. dvaypaft[MTiciv: see 
anagram.'] I. trans. To transpose, as the let- 
ters of a word, so as to form an anagram. 
Within this circle is Jehovah's name, 
Forward, and backward, anagramatii'd. 
. Marlowe, Faustus, i. 4. 
Others anagrammatize it from Eva (Eve) into Vte, be- 
cause they say she was the cause of our woe. 
W. Austin. Hiec Homo, p. 182. 
U. intrans. To make anagrams. 
Also spelled anagrammatise. 
anagrapnt (an'a-graf), . [< Gr. ava-ypaip^, a 
writing out, register, < dvay pdibtiv, write out, 
register, engrave, inscribe, < avd, up, + ypd<j>eiv, 
engrave, write.] 1. An inventory. Blount. 
2. A prescription or recipe. Syd. Soc. Lex. 
anagua (an-a'gwa), n. [Mex. Sp.] A name 
given in Texas to a low boraginaceous tree. 
Ehretia elliptica ; the knockaway. Also spelled 
anaqua. 
anakan (an'a-kan), n. The native name of a 
small Brazilian macaw, Ara severa, about 18 
inches long, mostly of greenish coloration, with 
black bill and feet. 
anak-el-ard (au*ak-el-ard'), n. [Ar. 'anaq al- 
ardh (are), the badger, lit. kid of the earth: 
'anaq, kid ; al, the ; ardh (arz), Pers. arz, earth, 
land.] Same as caracal. 
anakolouthia, anakoluthia, etc. [In closer 
imitation of the Greek.] See anacoluthia, etc. 
anal (a'nal), a. and a. [< NL. aiiatis, < L. anus : 
seeas.] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the anus. 
2. Situated at or near the anus ; aboral : the 
opposite of oral. 3. Ventral and median, as 
the fin of a fish, without reference to its posi- 
tion with respect to the anus : the opposite of 
dorsal. 
In zoology its abbreviation is a. 
Anal armature, an appendage in insects, the modified 
and appendaged terminal abdominal segments, such as 
the sting, the ovipositor, etc. Anal dilator, in surg., 
an instrument for distending the sphincter of the anus 
to permit an examination of the rectum. Anal flT \ in 
fishes, the median ventral unpaired fin : the opposite of 
dorsal fin. See cut under fin. Anal forceps, in insects, 
a pincer-like anal armature. Anal gland, (a) In birds, 
the uropygial oil-gland or ela?odochon. tfegenbaur. [Rare.] 
(6) In mammals, any glandular organ situated near or con- 
nected with the anus, such as those existing in the J/HS- 
telidce. They reach their greatest development in the 
skunks, and their secretion is the cause of the fetid odor 
of these animals. Anal legs, in entam., legs on the 
posterior segments of certain insect larvie, as in many 
caterpillars. Anal orifice, the anus. Anal plate, or 
anal SCUte, in herpetol., the last ventral plate or scute, 
which is situated immediately in front of the anus. Anal 
pouch, an induplication or cul-de-sac above the anus of 
the badgers, distinct from the anal glands. Anal re- 
gion, any part of the body which gives exit to the refuse 
of digestion, as in protozoans. Anal spurs, in serpents, 
the condensed epidermis of rudimentary hind limbs. 
Anal stylet or feeler, one of the two small pointed or- 
gans found on the posterior extremity of certain arthro- 
pod or articulate animals. Anal supporter, a pad, re- 
sembling a truss, for supporting the anus in cases of pro- 
lapsus ani. 
II. . In ichtn., an anal fin. 
analasset, " Same as anlacc. 
analav (an'a-lav), n. [< Russ. analavu, a breast- 
plate, pectoral cross.] A kerchief having on it 
a representation of the cross, the instruments 
of the passion, or the like, worn by nuns in 
Russia. 
analcim, analcime (a-nal'sim), n. Same as 
analcite. 
Analcipus (a-nal'si-pus), n. [NL. ; less cor- 
rectly Analciopus ; < Gr. dva/Ujfr or avaijaf (-tad-), 
without strength, < av- priv. + afafy, strength, 
+ irot'f (Trod-) = E. foot.'] A genus of swallow- 
194 
shrikes, of the family Artamida?, established by 
Swainson in 1831. A. sanguinolentus, of Java, 
Sumatra, and Borneo, is the leading species. 
analcite (a-nal'sit), . [< Gr. dva'AKJif, ava/.ms, 
without strength, feeble (see Analcipus), + 
-iti-'i.] A zeolitic mineral, a hydrous silicate of 
aluminium and sodium, generally found crys- 
tallized in trapezohedral crystals, but also mas- 
sive. It is of frequent occurrence in trap-rocks, espe- 
cially in the cavities of amygdaloids. It melts under the 
blowpipe into a semi-transparent glass. The name has ref- 
erence to its weak electric power when heated or rulil>e,1. 
Also called analcim, analcime. 
analect (an'a-lekt), n. [< NL. analectw, < Gr. 
dvd/UKTOf ; select, verbal adj. of dvaAkyeiv, gather 
up, < avd, up, + Myeiv, pick up, = L. legere, 
gather, read: see legend, lection.'] A small 
piece selected from a literary work ; an extract ; 
a literary fragment : usually in plural, analects 
or analecta (which see) Analects of Confucius, 
a name given to a collection of such sayings of the Chinese 
sage Confucius as his disciples, long after his death, could 
recall. 
analecta (an-a-lek'ta), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. of 
analectus: see analect.'] Selected passages from 
the writings of an author or of different authors ; 
a title for a collection of choice extracts. See 
analect. 
analectic (an-a-lek'tik), a. [< analect + -ic.] 
Relating to analects, collections, or selections; 
made up of selections: as, an analectic maga- 
zine. 
analemmat (an-a-lem'a), 11. [< L. aiialemma, 
a sun-dial which showed the latitude and meri- 
dian of a place, < Gr. ti r> //, a sun-dial, a sling 
for a wounded arm, a wall for underpropping, 
any support, < ava/Mfifldvetv, take up, < ava, up, 
+ Jaufiaveiv, fa/ielv, take. Cf. lemma, dilemma.] 
1. A form of sun-dial, now disused. 2. In 
(/com., an orthographic projection of the sphere 
on the plane of the meridian, the eye being 
supposed to be at an infinite distance, and in 
the east or west point of the horizon. Hence 
3. An instrument of wood or brass on which a 
projection of this nature is drawn, formerly used 
in solving astronomical problems. 4. A tabu- 
lated scale, usually drawn in the form of the 
figure 8, depicted across the torrid zone on a 
terrestrial globe, to show the sun's declination 
and the equation of time on any day of the year. 
analepsia (an-a-lep'si-a), n. [NL.] Same as 
analepsis and analepsy. 
analepsis (an-a-lep'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. avd- 
?.Vt/"?i a taking up, recovery, < avahapfjaveiv, take 
up, get back, recover one's breath: see ana- 
lemma.'] Inmed.: (a) Recovery of strength after 
disease. (6) A kind of sympathetic epilepsy 
from gastric disturbance. Also called analepsia 
and analepsy. 
analepsy (an'a-lep-si), 11. [< NL. analepsia, 
equiv. to analepsis, q. v.] 1. Same as analep- 
sis. 2. Reparation or amendment. 
The African, from the absence of books and teaching, 
had no principle of analepsy in his intellectual furnishing 
by which a word, once become obscure from a real or sup- 
posed loss of parts or meaning, can be repaired, amended, 
or restored to its original form. 
Trans. Amer. Philol. Ass., XVI., App., p. xxxii. 
analeptic (an-a-lep'tik), a. [< Gr. dvoA^TTdcoV, 
restorative, < avd/.r/iptt, restitution, recovery: 
see analepsis.] Restoring; invigorating; giv- 
ing strength after disease: as, an analeptic 
medicine. 
Analges (a-nal'jez), n. [NL. ; < Gr. d 
not feeling pain, insensible, < av- priv. + , 
pain.] A genus of mites founded by Nitzsch, 
type of the family Analgidoe. 
analgesia (an-al-je'si-a), . [NL., < Gr. dva/l- 
yqaia, painlessness, < dvdXyr/Tof, painless (cf. 
dva'AyfK, painless), < av- priv. + akyclv, feel pain, 
< d/lyop, pain.] In pathol., the incapacity of 
feeling pain in a part, although the tactile sense 
may be more or less preserved. Also called 
analgia. 
analgesic (au-al-jes'ik), a. and . [< analgesia 
+ -ic ; according to Gr. analogies, the form 
should be analgetic, q. v.] Same as analgetic. 
analgetic (an-al-jet'ik), a. and n. [< Gr. dvd?.- 
yj/rof, painless (see analgesia), + -ic. Cf. an- 
algesic.] I. a. Pertaining to or characterized 
by analgesia ; insensible. 
The skin [of a hypnotized patient] is somewhat anal- 
getic, with more or less aneesthesia. 
G. S. Hall, German Culture, p. 141. 
U. H. In med., anything which removes pain, 
analgia (a-nal'ji-a), . [NL., < Gr. dva'/yi/f, 
painless: see analgesia.'] Same as analgesia. 
analgid (a-nal'jid), . A mite of the family 
Anatgidee. 
analogium 
Analgidse (a-nal'ji-de), . pi. [NL., < Analges 
+ -ida:] A family of parasitic atracheate aca- 
rines, typified by the genus Analges. The skeleton 
is composed of sclerites in the soft skin ; the mandibles 
are oheUte ; the U-KS are S, each 5-jointed, the first pair 
beinK borne on the anterior margin of the body. The 
species live on the hairs of mammals and the feathers of 
I M re Is. 
anallagmatic (an"al-ag-mat'ik), a. [< Gr. dv- 
priv. + d/xta; /UI(T-), that which is given or taken 
in exchange, < iMdaaetv, exchange, < d?./*,of, 
other.] Having the property of not being 
changed in form by inversion : applied to curves 
and to the surfaces of solids, such as the sphere, 
which have the property of being their own in- 
verse. Anallaytnatie curves and surfaces are quartic 
curves and surfaces which have 
nodes on thaabsolute. See Iticir- 
cular quartic. Anallagmatic 
checker, a square composed of 
equal squares in two colors, so 
disposed that any pair of columns' 
have like-colored squares in as 
many rows as any other pair of 
columns have, and any pair of rows have the same num- 
ber of like squares in a single column. 
anallantoic (an-al-an-to'ik), a. [< Gr. dv-priv. 
(n-18) + allantoic.] Having no allantois. 
Anallantoidea(an-al-an-toi'de-a), n.pl. [NL., 
<Gr. di>-priv. + a'/Javroe *<% : see allantois, al/an- 
toiil.] Those vertebrates which have no allan- 
tois; the Ichthyopsida, or amphibians and 
fishes: synonymous with Anamnionata, and op- 
posed to Allantoidea. 
anallantoidean (an-al-an-toi'de-an), a. and n. 
[<Anatlantoidea + -aH.] I. . Having no allan- 
toisj of or pertaining to the Anallantoidea. 
IJ. n. One of the Anallantoidea. 
analoga, . Plural of analogon. 
analogalt (an-ar6;gal), a. [< L. analogiis (see 
analogous) + -al.] Analogous. Sir M. Hale. 
analogia, . Plural of analogium, analogion. 
analogic (an-a-loj'ik), a. Same as analogical. 
analogical (an-a-loj'i-kal), a. [<L. analogicus, 
< Gr. dva/oyiKof, proportionate, analogous, < 
dvd).o)oc: see analogous.] 1. Founded on or 
involving analogy: as, an analogical argument. 
We have words which are' proper and not analogical. 
Reid, Inq. into Human M'ind, vii. 
2. Having analogy, resemblance, or relation; 
analogous. 
There is placed the minerals between the inanimate and 
vegetable provinces, participating something analorjiml to 
either. Sir M. Bale, Orig. of Mankind. 
3. In biol., of or pertaining to physiological, 
functional, or adaptative analogy ; having phys- 
iological without morphological likeness: dis- 
tinguished from homological. 
analogically (an-a-loj'i-kal-i), adv. 1. By 
analogy ; from a similarity of relations. 
A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state 
as a pilot is to the vessel. 
Bp. Berkeley, Minute Philosopher, iv. 21. 
We argue analogically from what is within us to what 
is external to us. J. U. Xeieman, Gram, of Assent, p. 63. 
2. In biol., functionally as distinguished from 
structurally ; in a physiological as distinguished 
from an anatomical way or manner: contrasted 
with nmnologically. 
Birds ... are analogically related only according to 
the sum of unlike characters employed for similar pur- 
poses. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 68. 
analogicalness (an-a-loj'i-kal-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of being analogical ; fitness to be used by 
way of analogy. 
analogion (an-a-16'ji-on), .; pi. analogia (-a). 
Same as analogium. 
analogise, v. See analogize. 
analogismt (a-nal'o-jizm), n. [< Gr. dva%o-yio/i6c,, 
a course of reasoning, proportional calculation, 
< avatoyi&oOai, calculate, consider ; influenced 
by avdt.oyoc. (see analogous), but rather directly 
< avd, through, + ^.oyK,ec8ai, count, reckon, con- 
sider, < Wj-of, count, reckoning, ratio, etc. : see 
logos, logic, etc.] 1. In logic, an argument 
from the cause to the effect ; an a priori argu- 
ment. 2. Investigation of things by their 
analogies; reasoning from analogy. 3. In 
med., diagnosis by analogy. 
analogist (a-nal'o-jist), n. [< analogy + -ist.] 
One who employs or argues from analogy. 
Man is an analogist, and studies relations in all objects. 
Emerson, Misc., p. 30. 
analogistic (a-nal-o-jis'tik), a. Relating to or 
consisting in analogy. 
analogium (an-a-16'ji-um), H. ; pi. analogia (-a). 
[ML., < MGr. d'va/.6ytov, a pulpit, reading-desk, 
< Gr. dva).f-j caffat, read through, mid. of dvate- 
yfir: see analect, and cf. lectern.] 1. Eceles., a 
reading-desk, especially a movable one : some- 
