Anthocerotales
— Noun
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~ hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
anthologist
— Noun
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~ an editor who makes selections for an anthology
anthology
— Noun
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~ a collection of selected literary passages
Anthonomus
— Noun
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~ weevils destructive of cultivated plants
Anthony
— Noun
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~ 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)
Anthony
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~ United States suffragist (1820-1906)
anthophyllite
— Noun
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~ a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate
Anthophyta
— Noun
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~ comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
Anthozoa
— Noun
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~ a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
anthozoan
— Noun
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~ sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
anthracite
— Noun
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~ a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat
anthracosis
— Noun
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~ lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
anthrax
— Noun
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~ a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
anthrax
— Noun
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~ a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
Anthriscus
— Noun
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~ chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia
anthropocentricity
— Noun
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~ an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values
anthropocentrism
— Noun
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~ an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values
anthropogenesis
— Noun
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~ the evolution or genesis of the human race
anthropogeny
— Noun
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~ the evolution or genesis of the human race
anthropoid
— Noun
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~ person who resembles a nonhuman primate