All English words - page 263

Meanings of Angle-bracket:

noun

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

Meanings of Angle-for:

phrasal verb

To try to get or achieve something, esp. without saying what your goal is

Usage examples:

The way he hangs around, he must be angling for a job.

Meanings of Angleberry:

noun

A rounded, fleshy growth with an uneven surface on the skin of cattle, horses, etc.; a warty excrescence, a papilloma.

Meanings of Angled:

adjective

Placed or inclined at an angle to something else.

Usage examples:

He sent an angled shot into the net

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

Meanings of Angledog:

noun

An earthworm; = angleworm .

Meanings of Angledozer:

noun

A type of bulldozer with a blade which is or can be set at an oblique angle, so that earth is pushed to one side rather than in the direction of travel.

Meanings of Angler:

noun

A person who fishes with a rod and line.

Usage examples:

A carp angler

Meanings of Anglers:

noun

A person who fishes with a rod and line.

Usage examples:

A carp angler

Meanings of Angles:

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

Meanings of Anglesite:

noun

A lead-containing mineral found in colourless, white, or grey crystals or masses and typically formed by the oxidation of galena.

Meanings of Angletouch:

noun

A worm used as bait in fishing; an earthworm.

Meanings of Angletwitch:

noun

A worm used as bait in fishing; an earthworm.

Meanings of Anglewing:

noun

Any of a group of nymphalid butterflies having notches on the outer edges of the forewings; specifically one of the genus polygonia, which includes the commas; more fully anglewing butterfly.

Meanings of Anglewise:

adverb

After the manner of, or so as to form an angle; = "cornerwise".

Meanings of Angleworm:

noun

An earthworm of a kind used for bait by anglers.

Meanings of Angleworms:

noun

An earthworm of a kind used for bait by anglers.

Meanings of Anglian:

adjective

Relating to the ancient angles.

Usage examples:

Given the survival of the church, there is the possibility of continuity in conisbrough from the an…

noun

The anglian glaciation or the system of deposits laid down during it.

Usage examples:

Before the anglian, there were warm periods known as interglacials

Meanings of Anglic:

noun

A simplified form of english spelling devised by the swedish philologist r. e. zachrisson (1880–1937), and intended for use as an auxiliary orthography for learners of english.

adjective

Of or relating to the angles, the anglian kingdoms, or their languages; = "anglian".

Meanings of Anglican:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the church of england or any church in communion with it.

Usage examples:

It is no longer a question of whether communion among the anglican churches will be broken.

noun

A member of any of the anglican churches.

Usage examples:

Or is there some uniquely superior way in which this is thought to be more true for anglicans than …

Meanings of Anglicanism:

noun

The faith and practices of the anglican christian churches.

Meanings of Anglicanize:

verb

Anglicize.

Meanings of Anglicans:

noun

A member of any of the anglican churches.

Usage examples:

Or is there some uniquely superior way in which this is thought to be more true for anglicans than …

adjective

Relating to or denoting the church of england or any church in communion with it.

Usage examples:

It is no longer a question of whether communion among the anglican churches will be broken.

Meanings of Anglice:

adverb

In english.

Meanings of Anglicism:

noun

A word or phrase that is peculiar to british english.

Usage examples:

This new autobiography is studded with anglicisms like lorries, plimsolls, and doing a bunk

Meanings of Anglicisms:

noun

A word or phrase that is peculiar to british english.

Usage examples:

This new autobiography is studded with anglicisms like lorries, plimsolls, and doing a bunk