English dictionary: words starting with ang

noun

A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of god, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.

Usage examples:

God sent an angel to talk to gideon

noun

A native or inhabitant of los angeles.

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Angeleno sports fans

noun

The largest city in the western us state of california and a centre of the entertainment industry

Usage examples:

Los angeles is expected to have more rain tomorrow., i have a friend in los angeles.

adjective

Relating to angels.

Usage examples:

The angelic hosts

noun

A tall aromatic plant of the parsley family, with large leaves and yellowish-green flowers. it is used in cooking and herbal medicine.

Usage examples:

Caterpillars of the black and anise swallowtail make their home on and eat the leaves from the pars…

adverb

In a way that is very beautiful, very good, or very kind

Usage examples:

He smiles angelically., their four children are angelically well-behaved.

noun

A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of god, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.

Usage examples:

God sent an angel to talk to gideon

noun

A roman catholic devotion commemorating the incarnation of jesus and including the hail mary, said at morning, noon, and sunset.

Usage examples:

The old bell system has been replaced by a new automatic system which rings for the angelus at noon…

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

The colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

She could barely restrain her anger at this comment

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

She could barely restrain her anger at this comment

verb

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

The colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience

proper noun

A town in western france, capital of the former province of anjou; population 156,965 (2006).

noun

The feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

You need to control your anger., he yelled at them in anger., his constant complaining only angered…

noun

A condition marked by severe pain in the chest, often also spreading to the shoulders, arms, and neck, owing to an inadequate blood supply to the heart.

Usage examples:

He had high blood pressure and he suffered from angina

noun

Angiographic examination of the heart and the great vessels entering and leaving it, used especially in the investigation of congenital malformations and functional state of the heart. occasionally also (in non-technical use): angiographic examination of the coronary arteries; coronary angiography.

noun

The development of new blood vessels.

Usage examples:

Other important endocrine effects of leptin include immune function regulation, hematopoiesis, angi…

noun

An x-ray photograph of blood or lymph vessels, made by angiography.

Usage examples:

Dye is injected through the catheter, and the x-ray machine takes angiograms of your heart and bloo…

noun

Radiography of blood or lymph vessels, carried out after introduction of a radiopaque substance.

Usage examples:

Pre-operative angiography and embolisation was carried out.

noun

An abnormal growth produced by the dilatation or new formation of blood vessels.

Usage examples:

The physician should check for evidence of chronic alcoholism, including spider angiomata, gynecoma…

noun

An abnormal growth produced by the dilatation or new formation of blood vessels.

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The physician should check for evidence of chronic alcoholism, including spider angiomata, gynecoma…

noun

Surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery.

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One of the commonest operations performed in the us is angioplasty

noun

A type of malignant tumour originating (or believed to originate) in blood vessels.

noun

A plant of a large group that comprises those that have flowers and produce seeds enclosed within a carpel, including herbaceous plants, shrubs, grasses, and most trees.

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Like other seed plants, angiosperms are heterosporangiate, producing pollen and ovules in different…

noun

A sweet sauce made from eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla (= a substance made from the seeds of a tropical plant) that is served with sweet dishes

Usage examples:

The sauce tasted like a vanilla crème anglaise and it was almost like a dessert., for dessert there…

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

The symbol < or >, found on a computer keyboard and used, for example, around tags (= codes for marking particular types of information)