All English words - page 280

A polyp; specifically an individual polyp of a colonial anthozoan. in later use also: = "anthozoan".

A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes the sea anemones and corals. they are either solitary or colonial, and have a central mouth surrounded by tentacles.

A colourless crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon obtained by the distillation of crude oils and used in chemical manufacture.

A golden-yellow crystalline compound obtained by heating α-resorcylic acid with sulphuric acid and used in making dyes.

Of, relating to, or of the nature of anthrax; affected or contaminated with anthrax.

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

The natural process by which a coal deposit is converted into anthracite.

Containing or characterized by anthracite; anthracitic.

A mainly fungal disease of plants, causing dark lesions.

Resembling or characteristic of anthrax or the causative bacterium of anthrax (bacillus anthracis).

Of, relating to, or including the permian and carboniferous periods or systems considered together. also as noun: the period or system comprising the permian and carboniferous.

Divination by means of inspecting burning coals.

An instrument for determining the concentration of carbon dioxide in a mixture of gases (e.g. in the atmosphere or the breath).

Of or relating to an anthracometer.

A black or dark grey form of limestone containing bituminous matter or carbon; especially = "stinkstone".

An extinct reptile-like labyrinthodont amphibian of the genus anthracosaurus, found in late carboniferous deposits in the british isles.

Lung disease produced by chronic inhalation of dust containing particles of carbon and silica, occurring especially in miners; silicosis with pigmentation from carbon particles. compare anthracosis , "silicosis".

Accumulation of carbon particles in the lungs and certain other tissues, typically resulting from chronic inhalation of coal dust or smoke; lung disease attributed to this; an instance of such accumulation or disease.

An extinct artiodactyl ungulate mammal of the group including anthracotherium, found in eurasia, africa, and north america during the tertiary period, and thought to be related to hippotamuses and possibly to the ancestors of whales.

A large extinct ungulate artiodactyl mammal of the genus anthracotherium (family anthracotheriidae) or the group including this genus, known from fossil remains in tertiary deposits, especially of lignite. also (in form anthracotherium): the genus itself.

Of, relating to, or of the nature of anthracosis; affected with anthracosis.

A salt or ester of anthranilic acid.

A yellow crystalline compound which is a monohydroxy derivative of anthracene.

An orange solid obtained from artificial alizarin and used (especially formerly) as a dye and histological stain.

A yellow crystalline compound obtained by oxidation of anthracene. it is the basis of many natural and synthetic dyes.