Abassis :: Abassis (n.) A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents..

Abiogenesis :: Abiogenesis (n.) The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed to biogenesis..

Absis :: Absis (n.) See Apsis.

Absist :: Absist (v. i.) To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist.

Absistence :: Absistence (n.) A standing aloof.

Aesthesis :: Aesthesis (n.) Sensuous perception.

Agamogenesis :: Agamogenesis (n.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

Agenesis :: Agenesis (n.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization..

Agennesis :: Agennesis (n.) Impotence; sterility.

Amanuensis :: Amanuensis (n.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written..

Amaurosis :: Amaurosis (n.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the drop serene of Milton..

Amphiarthrosis :: Amphiarthrosis (n.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

Amphigenesis :: Amphigenesis (n.) Sexual generation; amphigony.

Anabasis :: Anabasis (n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called The Anabasis..

Anabasis :: Anabasis (n.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation..

Anacoenosis :: Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.

Anacrusis :: Anacrusis (n.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

Anadiplosis :: Anadiplosis (n.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent..

Anaesthesis :: Anaesthesis (n.) See Anaesthesia.

Anagnorisis :: Anagnorisis (n.) The unfolding or denouement.

Analepsis :: Analepsis () Alt. of Analeps.

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis..

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis..

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles..

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order..

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis..

Analysis :: Analysis (n.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key..

Anamnesis :: Anamnesis (n.) A recalling to mind; recollection.

Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..

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