Anker :: Anker (n.) A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons..

Ankerite :: Ankerite (n.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron..

Ankle :: Ankle (n.) The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.

Ankled :: Ankled (a.) Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled..

Anklet :: Anklet (n.) An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

Ankylose :: Ankylose (v. t. & i.) Same as Anchylose.

Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.

Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) Same as Anchylosis.

Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow..

Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Bank :: Bank (n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank..

Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank..

Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand..

Bank :: Bank (v. t.) To pass by the banks of.

Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.

Bank :: Bank (n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A sort of table used by printers.

Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ..

Bank :: Bank (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The building or office used for banking purposes.

Bank :: Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses..

Bank :: Bank (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw..

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