All English words - page 270

Meanings of Anoxia:

noun

An absence of oxygen.

Usage examples:

Lack of oxygen or anoxia is a common environmental challenge which plants have to face throughout t…

Meanings of Anoxic:

adjective

Caused by a lack of oxygen available to the blood and body

Usage examples:

He suffered anoxic brain injury during a cardiac arrest., unfortunately, the patient had gone so lo…

Meanings of Ans:

abbreviation

Autonomic nervous system.

Meanings of Ansa:

noun

Either of the (observed) extremities of saturn's ring system, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.

Meanings of Ansae:

Plural of ansa specialized

Meanings of Ansar:

noun

Any of the inhabitants of medina who aided muhammad at the time of the hegira (muhammad's flight from mecca to medina in 622) and who became early converts to islam.

Meanings of Ansarian:

noun

A member of a minority shiite sect practising a form of islam with gnostic and animist elements; = nusayri .

Meanings of Ansarie:

noun

A member of a minority shiite sect practising a form of islam with gnostic and animist elements; = nusayri .

Meanings of Ansate:

adjective

= ansated .

Meanings of Ansated:

adjective

Having a handle or handles; having a loop or ring resembling a handle.

Meanings of Ansation:

noun

The provision of a handle or handles; the manner of providing a handle or handles.

Meanings of Anschauung:

noun

Sense perception, observation; (especially in kantian thought) intuition.

Meanings of Anschluss:

proper noun

The annexation of austria by germany in 1938. hitler had forced the resignation of the austrian chancellor by demanding that he admit nazis into his cabinet. the new chancellor, a pro-nazi, invited german troops to enter the country on the pretext of restoring law and order.

Meanings of Anselmian:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of st. anselm (1033–1109), archbishop of canterbury, or his philosophy and theology, especially with reference to his ontological argument for the existence of god or his understanding of the atonement.

Meanings of Anserated:

adjective

Of a cross: (a) (heraldry) having the extremities cleft and terminated in the heads of serpents, or (later) of eagles, lions, or other animals; (b) having a handle or handles, or a loop or ring resembling a handle.

Meanings of Anserine:

adjective

Of or like a goose.

Usage examples:

Rooms at the skein of geese were given infuriatingly anserine names

Meanings of Anserines:

adjective

Of or like a goose.

Usage examples:

Rooms at the skein of geese were given infuriatingly anserine names

Meanings of Anserous:

adjective

Stupid, silly; = "anserine".

Meanings of Ansi:

abbreviation

American national standards institute.

Meanings of Anspessade:

noun

An experienced, usually long-serving, soldier, especially in the french or another continental european army.

Meanings of Answer:

noun

A thing that is said, written, or done as a reaction to a question, statement, or situation.

Usage examples:

He knocked and entered without waiting for an answer

verb

Say or write something as a reaction to someone or something.

Usage examples:

‘of course i can,’ she answered

Meanings of Answer back:

phrasal verb

Respond cheekily or disrespectfully to someone, especially when being criticized or told to do something.

Usage examples:

You couldn't argue with a parent, you couldn't answer back

Meanings of Answer for:

phrasal verb

Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

Meanings of Answer-back-to:

phrasal verb

To speak rudely when answering someone in authority

Usage examples:

Don't you dare answer me back, young lady!, the company criticized in the documentary was given the…

Meanings of Answer-to:

phrasal verb

To take orders from and explain your actions to someone

Usage examples:

The great thing about having your own business is that you don’t have to answer to anyone.