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-ana :: -ana () A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc..

-ance :: -ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy..

-ances :: -ances (pl. ) of Discrepanc.

-ancies :: -ancies (pl. ) of Discrepanc.

-ancy :: -ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy..

-ant :: -ant () A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent..

Acute-angled :: Acute-angled (a.) Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle..

Bay-antler :: Bay-antler (n.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.

Bes-antler :: Bes-antler (n.) Same as Bez-antler.

Bez-antler :: Bez-antler (n.) The second branch of a stag's horn.

Half-and-half :: Half-and-half (n.) A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts..

Hex-androus :: Hex-androus (a.) Having six stamens.

In-and-in :: In-and-in (n.) An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike..

Merry-andrew :: Merry-andrew (n.) One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor..

Oblique-angled :: Oblique-angled (a.) Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle..

Obtuse-angled :: Obtuse-angled (a.) Alt. of obtuse-angula.

Obtuse-angular :: obtuse-angular (a.) Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle..

Pan-anglican :: Pan-Anglican (a.) Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888..

Right-angled :: Right-angled (a.) Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle..

Self-annihilated :: Self-annihilated (a.) Annihilated by one's self.

Self-annihilation :: Self-annihilation (n.) Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.

Supra-angular :: Supra-acromial (a.) Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.

There-anent :: There-anent (adv.) Concerning that.

Tops-and-bottoms :: Tops-and-bottoms (n. pl.) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants..

Vegeto-animal :: Vegeto-animal (a.) Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products..