Adminicle :: Adminicle (n.) Corroborative or explanatory proof.

Afterclap :: Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

Anaclastic :: Anaclastic (a.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves..

Anaclastic :: Anaclastic (a.) Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass..

Anaclastics :: Anaclastics (n.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics.

Ancle :: Ancle (n.) See Ankle.

Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft..

Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc..

Anticlastic :: Anticlastic (a.) Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle..

Anticlimax :: Anticlimax (n.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect..

Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (a.) Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.

Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Anticlinoria :: Anticlinoria (pl. ) of Anticlinoriu.

Anticlinorium :: Anticlinorium (n.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal..

Anticly :: Anticly (adv.) Oddly; grotesquely.

Anticyclone :: Anticyclone (n.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone..

Appendicle :: Appendicle (n.) A small appendage.

Arbuscle :: Arbuscle (n.) A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub..

Article :: Article (n.) A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement..

Article :: Article (n.) A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia..

Article :: Article (n.) Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

Article :: Article (n.) A distinct part.

Article :: Article (n.) A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article..

Article :: Article (n.) Precise point of time; moment.

Article :: Article (n.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article..

Article :: Article (n.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

Article :: Article (n.) To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

Article :: Article (n.) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

Article :: Article (n.) To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic..

Article :: Article (v. i.) To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

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