English dictionary: words starting with ant - page 2

noun

A stake put up by a player in poker or brag before receiving cards.

Usage examples:

The antes were at the $10,000–$20,000 level

verb

Put up an amount as an ante in poker or brag and similar games.

Usage examples:

He essentially gets to pick which bets he thinks are best, and ante them up.

prefix

Before or in front of

Usage examples:

Antedate, antenatal, anteroom

noun

The condition of being turned or displaced forwards; specifically the condition of the uterus being anteverted; an instance of this.

adjective

(of an organ of the body, especially the uterus) inclined forward.

Usage examples:

The pelvis was anteverted, and there was a flexion deformity of both knees.

noun

A luminous halo round a shadow projected by the sun on to a cloud or fog bank.

Usage examples:

Incidentally, it is widely believed that the anthelion is the origin of the tradition of painting a…

noun

A rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause.

Usage examples:

The song became the anthem for hippy activists

noun

A rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause.

Usage examples:

The song became the anthem for hippy activists

noun

The part of a stamen that contains the pollen.

Usage examples:

For estimation of pollen production, two anthers from each flower bud were examined.

noun

The part of a stamen that contains the pollen.

Usage examples:

For estimation of pollen production, two anthers from each flower bud were examined.

noun

A nest in the form of a mound built by ants or termites.

Usage examples:

All over the dunes i had noticed tiny little mounds that looked like anthills with no hole.

noun

A nest in the form of a mound built by ants or termites.

Usage examples:

All over the dunes i had noticed tiny little mounds that looked like anthills with no hole.

noun

A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.

Usage examples:

An anthology of european poetry

noun

A person who collects artistic works into an anthology (= a collection of artistic works with a similar form or subject)

Usage examples:

He is a professional anthologist who compiles a yearly collection of the best new short stories., t…

noun

A person who collects artistic works into an anthology (= a collection of artistic works with a similar form or subject)

Usage examples:

He is a professional anthologist who compiles a yearly collection of the best new short stories., t…

noun

A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.

Usage examples:

An anthology of european poetry

noun

Coal of a hard variety that contains relatively pure carbon and burns with little flame and smoke.

Usage examples:

Peat is an accumulation of virtually unaltered plant material, while anthracite is nearly pure carb…

noun

A mainly fungal disease of plants, causing dark lesions.

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Other diseases include rust, crown gall, anthracnose and petal blight.

noun

A serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle, causing acute and often fatal septicaemia, and also transmissible to humans.

Usage examples:

An early suspicion that anthrax might have been the cause of the infection has been discounted.

prefix

Relating to humans

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Anthropomorphism

adjective

Regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence, especially as opposed to god or animals.

Usage examples:

When we assess animal intelligence we tend to take a very anthropocentric view

noun

A belief in humans and their existence as the most important and central fact in the universe

Usage examples:

Our anthropocentrism is ruining the world, for us and every other form of life., his photographs av…

adjective

(chiefly of environmental pollution and pollutants) originating in human activity.

Usage examples:

Anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide

adjective

Resembling a human being in form.

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Anthropoid gods

noun

A higher primate, especially an ape or apeman.

Usage examples:

Primates, particularly anthropoids, are noted for their considerable cerebral complexity.

adjective

Relating to the study of humankind.

Usage examples:

An anthropological expedition to borneo

adverb

In a way that relates to the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its physical development

Usage examples:

The couple are anthropologically trained scholars of popular music., this course examines computers…

noun

An expert in or student of anthropology.

Usage examples:

Some anthropologists think that members of hunting and gathering societies tend to have more leisure