anemocracy 
anemocracy (an-e-mok'ra-si), n. [< Gr. ave/utf, 
wind, 4- -uparia, government, < upareiv, govern: 
see -craci/.] A government by the wind. Hijil- 
ney Smith. [Humorous.] 
anemogram (a-nem '6-gram), n. [< Gr. avefiof, 
wind, 4- ypd/j/ja, a writing, (jpaQeiv, write.] A 
record of the pressure or velocity of the wind, 
automatically marked by an anemograph. 
anemograph (a-nem'o-graf), . [= F. anfmo- 
graphe, < Gr. &ve/ioc, wind, 4- ypdytiv, write.] 
An instrument for measuring and recording 
either the velocity or the direction of the wind, 
or both. 
anemographic (an"e-mo-graf'ik), a. [< aiinno- 
graph 4- -ic.~\ Pertaining to, or obtained by 
means of, an anemograph. 
anemography (an-e-mog'ra-fi), . [= F. am- 
mograpnie : see anemograph.] 1. A description 
of the winds. 2. The art of measuring and 
recording the direction, velocity, and force of 
the wind. 
anemological (an"e-mo-loj'i-kal), a, [< ane- 
mology.] Pertaining to anemology. N. E. D. 
anemology (an-e-mol'o-ji), n, [= F. anemolo- 
gie, (. Gr. avefiof, wind, + -/.oyia, < t.eyuv, speak : 
see -ology. ] The literature and science of the 
winds. 
anemometer (an-e-mom'e-ter), . [= F. ane"- 
mometre, < Gr. ai'e/u>(, wind, 4- iiirpov, measure: 
see meter.] An in- 
strument for indi- 
cating the velocity 
or pressure of the 
wind; a wind-gage. 
Casella's portable ane- 
mometer, designed for 
measuring the velocity 
of air-currents in mines 
and ventilating shafts, 
consists of a wind-wheel 
attached to a counting ar- 
rangement. Anemome- 
ters for indicating pres- 
Caseiia's Anemometer. sure are commonly form- 
ed of plane surfaces or 
drums exposed to the wind, and so arranged as to yield to 
its pressure and indicate the amount by their movements. 
Linda's anemometer consists of a glass 
tube bent into the form of an inverted 
siphon, graduated, partly filled with 
water, and mounted as a weathercock. 
To one of its open ends a metallic cylinder 
of the same bore as the tube is attached at 
right angles. The pressure of the wind 
blowing into this causes the water to sink 
in one arm of the tube and to rise in the 
other, and the difference of level of the two 
columns of water, which is measured by 
the amount of fall plus the amount of rise, 
as shown by the graduated scales, gives the 
force or pressure of the wind. By the use 
of mechanical or electrical appliances ane- 
mometers may be made to record as well as 
measure variations in the velocity and pres- 
sure of the wind. When they record the ve- 
locity or direction, or both, they are some- 
times called anemographs; when they indi- 
cate the direction only, they are called an- 
emoscopes; when they automati- 
cally record velocity, direction, 
and pressure, they are called ane- 
mometroffraphs or anemometro- Linds's Anemometer. 
graphic registers. 
anemometric (an'e-mo-met'rik), a. [< anemom- 
etry + -ic.] Pertaining to an anemometer, or 
to anemometry. 
anemometrical (an*e-mo-met'ri-kal), a. Same 
as anemometric. 
anemometrograph (an*e-mo-met'ro-graf), . 
[< Gr. dxr/jof , wind, 4- ftirpov, measure, 4- ypafyeiv, 
write.] An instrument designed to measure 
and record the velocity, direction, and pressure 
of the wind. 
anemometrographic(an''e-mo-met-ro-graf'ik), 
a. Of or pertaining to an anemometrograph. 
anemometry (an-e-mom'e-tri), n. [= F. ane- 
mometrie; as anemometer + -y.] The process 
of determining the pressure or velocity of the 
wind by means of an anemometer. 
anemone (a-nem'o-ne; as a L. word, an-e-mo'- 
ne), n. [The E. p'roii . is that of the reg. E . form 
anemony, pi. anemonies, which is still occasion- 
ally used, but the spelling now generally fol- 
lows the L.; < F. anemone = Sp. anemmia = 
Pg. It. anemone = D. anemoon = G. Dan. ane- 
mone, < L. anemone, < Gr. ave/tuvq, the wind- 
flower, < ave/x>f, the wind (= L. anima, breath, 
spirit; cf. animus, mind: see anima and ani- 
mus), 4- -uvri, fern, patronymic suffix.] 1. A 
plant of the genus Anemone, Also spelled anem- 
ony. 2. leap.] [NL.] A widely distributed 
genus of herbaceous perennials, the wind-flow- 
ers, natural order Ranmiculaceai. The flowers are 
showy, readily varying in color and becoming double in 
cultivation. Several species are frequent in gardens, as 
the poppy-anemone (A. Coronaria). the star-anemone (A. 
Common Wood- Anemone {Anett 
tternorosa}. 
anerythropsia 
2f. In the end; at the last; lastly. 3f. To 
the end ; straight on ; continuously. 
[He] would ride a hundred miles an ml to enjoy it. 
Richardson, Clarissa, VII. 220. (A - . E. D.) 
Most an-endt, almost continuously ; almost always ; 
mostly. 
Knew him ! I was a great Companion of his, I was with 
him nutst an end. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1678), ii. 115. (tf. E. D.) 
anent, anenst (a-nenf, a-nenst'), prep, and 
adv., orig. prep. phr. [< ME. aiinit, nlso tmtnit, 
anoiit, onont, onond; with added adverbial suf- 
fix -e, anentc; with added adverbial gen. suf- 
fix -es, -is, anentex, iini-nlix, aiu-ui/itix, etc., contr. 
ancns, anence; with excrescent -t, antnixt. HHI-HXI 
(cf. again, against, aiming, uiiHimjift); earlier 
ME. onefent, onevent (with excrescent -t), < AS. 
on-efen, on-efn, on-emn (= OS. in ebluin = MHG. 
eneben, neben, nebent, G. neben), prep., beside, 
prop. prep, phr., on efen, lit. ' on even,' on a 
level (with) : on, E. on; efen, E. even 1 , q. v. Cf. 
afornens, forenenst. Formerly in reg. literary 
use, but now chiefly dialectal.] I. prfp, 1. 
In a line with: side by side with ; on a level 
with. [Prov. Eng.] 2f. In front of; fronting; 
before ; opposite ; over against. 
The king lay into Oalstoun, 
That is rycht ewyn [even] anent Lowdoun. 
Harbour, Bruce, vi. 123. 
And right anentt him a dog snarling. 
B. Jonxon, Alchemist, ii I. 
3f. Against; toward. 
Wylde Bestes . . . that slen [slay] and devonren alle 
that comen aneyntes hem. Mandeville, p. 298. (N. E. D.) 
In respect of or regard to ; as to ; concern- 
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hortr.nsis), the pasque-flower (A. Pvlsatilla), and other still 
more ornamental species from Japan and India. The 
wood-anemone, A. nemorosa, is a well-known vernal flower 
of the woods. There 
are about 70 species, 
mostly belonging to 
the cool climates of 
the northern hemi- 
sphere. Of the 16 
North American spe- 
cies, about half a doz- 
en are also found in 
the Andes or in the old 
world. 
3. In fool,, a sea- 
anemone (which 
see). Plumose 
anemone, in zool., 
Actinoloba dianthus. 
Snake - locked 
anemone, in zoiil., 
Sagartia viduata. 
anemonic (an-e- 
mon'ik), a. Of or 
pertaining to ane- 
mones, or to the 
genus Anemone; 
obtained from 
anemonin : as, 
anemonic acid, an acid obtained by the action 
of baryta upon auemonin. 
anemonin. anemonine (a-nem'o-nin), . [< 
anemone 4- -in 2 .] A crystalline substance ex- 
tracted from some species of the genus Anemone. 
anemony (a-nem'o-ni), n. ; pi. anemonies (-niz). 
Same as anemone, 1. 
anemophilous (an-e-mof'i-lus), a. [< Or. &ve- 
/uor, wind, + QiAof, loving.] Wind-loving : said 
of flowers which are dependent upon the wind ing; about: sometimes with as. [Still in use 
for conveying the pollen to the stigma in fer- in Scotch legal and ecclesiastical phraseology, 
tllization. Anemophilous flowers, as a rule, are small, 
uncolored, and inconspicuous, and do not secrete honey, 
but produce a great abundance of pollen. The flowers of 
the grasses, sedges, pine-trees, etc., are examples. 
The amount of pollen produced by anemophilous plants, 
and the distance to which it is often transported by the 
wind, are both surprisingly great. 
Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. 405. 
anemoscope (a-nem'o-skop), H. [= F. anemo- 
scope, < Gr. ave/iof, wind, + OKoxeiv, view, ex- 
amine.] Any device for showing the direction 
of the wind. 
whence also in literary English.] 
He [Jesusj was an alien, ax amntis his godhede. 
Wydif, Select Works (ed. Arnold), I. 33. 
I cannot but pass you my judgment anent those six 
considerations which you offered to invalidate those au- 
thorities that I so much reverence. 
King Charles I., To A. Henderson. 
Some little compunction anent the Excise. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 279. 
II. adv . On the other side ; in an opposite 
place or situation. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Anentera (an-en'te-ra), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
anemosiS (an-e-mo sis), 11, [NL., < Gr. ave/iof, of ane nterus . 8ee dnenteroun.] A name applied 
the wind, 4- -osis. ] In hot. , the condition of be- by Ehrenberg to a class of infusorians having no 
1"?.Z^ t f ' - a C T * 10 < timber of intestinal canal, though supposed to have lev- 
era! stomachs (whence the alternative name 
I'olygagtrica). 
anenterous (au-en'te-rus), a. [< NL. anenterus, 
<Gr. av- priv. 4- evrepa, intestines: see enteric.] 
exogenous trees, in which the annual layers 
are separated from one another by the action, 
it is supposed, of strong gales. Many, however, 
doubt that this condition is due to wind, and lielieve it 
should be referred rather to frost or lightning. 
anemotrophy, anaemotrophy (an-e-mot'ro-fi), 
. [< Gr. avaiftof, without blood (see anemia), 
+ rpoififi, nourishment, < rptyctv, nourish.] In 
patluil., a deficient formation of blood. 
anencephali, n. Plural of anencephalus. 
1. Having no enteron or alimentary canal ; not 
euterate: as, anenterous parasites. 
Such species have no intestines, no anus, and are said 
to be anenterous. Owen, C'omp. Anat., p. 24. 
2. Of or pertaining to the Anentera. 
anencephalia (an-en-se-fa'li-a), n. [NL., < -aneous. [Accom. of L. -un-e-us, a compound 
'inencephalus, without a brain: see anencepha- suffix, < -an- 4- -e-us, as in extraneus, miscel- 
!ous.] In teratol., absence of the brain or en- Idneus, subterrdneus, etc.: see -an and -eous. 
cephalon. Also aneucepnaly. This suffix occurs disguised in foreign, < ML. 
(Juite recently Lebodeff has offered a new explanation foranens.] A compound adjective suffix of 
inscription or title, 
anencephaloid (an-en-sef a-loid), a. [As anen- The ampiyrapho,,, coins of Haliartus and Thebes 
cephalous + -aid.] Partially or somewhat an- Smnis. Chnn., 3d ser., I. 235. 
encephalous Syd. Soc. Lex, anepiploic (an-ep-i-plo'ik), a. [< Gr. av- priv. 
anencephalotrophia (an-eu-sef*a-lo-tr6'fi-a), (J8j+ e ,,ipl on, q. v .] Having no epiploon 
. [NL., < Gr av- pnv. 4- httyOoc, the brain, O r great omentum. Syd. Soc. Lex. 
r ^\ nourishment, < rpe^etv, nourish.] At- anepithymia (an-ep-i-thim'i-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
rophy of the brain. av- privf + ,'%', desire, < fi&Mielv, set one's 
anencephalous (an - en - sef a - lus ), a. [< NL. heart upon a thing, desire, < M, upon, + Dvufa 
anencephalm, < Gr. totYttjaXot, without brain, mind.] In pathol, loss of nornial I appetite? as 
< av- pnv. + }</0a/of, brain: see eneephalon.'] f or f oo d or drink 
In teratol, having no eneephalon; without a Anergates (an-er-ga'tez), . [NL., < Gr. av 
brain. An equivalent form is anmcephahc. p riv. + e/yyariK, a worker: see ergata.] A ge- 
anenceplialus ( an-en-sef a-lus), .; pi. anen- nus of ants, the species of which are represented 
cepMh (-h). [NL < Qr.toyiiMeAot, without only by males and females, there being no neu- 
bram: see anencephalous.] In teratol., a mon- ters or workers, whence the name. 
ster which is destitute of brain. aneroid (an'e-roid), a. and . [< F. aneroids, 
anencephaly (an-en-sef a-h), . Same as an- < Q T . - priv."+ w/p6r, wet, liquid (in class. Gr. 
f'Hcrpliatm. vap6f,< vaeiv, flow). + tWoc, form: see -OK/.] La. 
an-end (an-end') prcf i.phr. _as adv. [< ME. an- Dispensing with fluid; of a barometer, dispens- 
ende,anende ^ at the end .totheend: a,o,E.on; ing with a fluid, as quicksilver, which is em- 
ende, E. end,] 1 . On end ; in an upright position. p i ove d in an ordinary barometer.- Aneroid b a - 
Make . . . each particular haire to stand an end. rorrieter. See baromfler. 
Khak., Hamlet, i. 3(1623). II. . An aneroid barometer. 
specincally-(a) A'aut., in the position of a mast when it anerythropsia (an-er-i-throp'si-a), M. [NL., 
is perpendicular to the deck. The topmasts are said to < _' ., ,f, Hv jl ', m jt,,/ tr VC .A + J&ir n 
In- -,-</ when hoisted up to their usual stations, (b) In i "V.,2 ? ,' T f l >vO ' t> ^' * ea > \ ^' f ' * 
mech., said of anything, as a pile, that is driven in the 
direction of its length. 
a view.] 
Inability to distinguish the color red: a form 
of color-blindness. 
