Name Report For First Name ANNA:
ANNA
First name ANNA's origin is English. ANNA means "variant of anne. biblical: devout woman who saw infant jesus presented at the temple in jerusalem". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ANNA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of anna.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with ANNA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with ANNA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming ANNA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ANNA AS A WHOLE:
adanna annakiya nanna ghleanna johanna ivanna hannah annapurna channa janna giovanna ozanna kannan abrianna adianna adreanna adrianna aiyanna alanna alannah alyanna andrianna annabel annabella annabelle annabeth annabla annalee annaliese annalisa annalise annalynn annamaria annamarie annathea areyanna arianna audreanna audrianna aulanna avianna avyanna bethanna breanna breyanna brianna bryanna cheyanna chianna chrisanna christianna cianna crisanna danna dannah dannalee davianna deanna deeanna dianna diannah doanna dyanna evanna fianna flanna giavanna glorianna gracianna hanna harimanna havanna hosanna ileanna iyanna jannae jeanna jeovanna jianna jillianna joanna joeanna jovanna julianna jullianna juryanna kayanna keanna keianna kerianna khyianna kianna kristianna krystianna kyanna lanna leanna leianna lianna lilianna lilyanna loranna ludkhannah natae-tyanna orianna qiannah rheanna rhianna roxanna samoanna savanna savannah seanna shanna shianna shyanna siannan sosanna susanna susannah suzanna suzannah tamanna teanna vanna vivianna zanna annaduff annan brannan fiannan flannagain flannagan glaleanna kristanna scannalan leannan gianna zsuzsanna dhanna annab lucianna bannan ionanna lewanna hannalee johannah maryanna briannah corrianna devanna fayanna jordanna joyanna tiannaNAMES RHYMING WITH ANNA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (nna) - Names That Ends with nna:
uchenna urenna corinna ricadonna avicenna alonna arionna arlenna brenna briaunna brionna brynna cathenna chynna dalenna davonna deonna devonna dionna donna edwinna finna fionna genna ginna giynna glenna gunna iyonna jenna johnna jonna karinna kionna lonna lorenna lynna mackenna makenna mckenna mikenna minna philipinna rinna sienna sylvonna tionna tyonna vienna yvonna konna brienna evonnaRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (na) - Names That Ends with na:
abena asmina ayana crispina fana hasana hasina makena tarana zahina zena zwena alhena hana rihana sana' thana' aitana epona agana inina nena raina bozena jana jirina abellona gelsomina fukayna levina jaakkina jaana katariina durandana falerina methena cairistiona catriona kyna armina katharina luana aegina aetna akilina alcina aretinaNAMES RHYMING WITH ANNA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ann) - Names That Begins with ann:
ann annchi anndreea anne anneliese annelisa annelise annemarie annemette annemie annette anni anniah annice annie annika annikka annikke annikki annis annissa annjeanette annmarie annora annorah annot anntoin annunciata annuziata annwfn annwn anny annys annzeRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (an) - Names That Begins with an:
an-her ana anaba anabella anabelle anacelia anahid anahita anais anakausuen anakin analee analeigh analena analise anama anamari anamarie anan ananda anant ananya anarosa anassa anastagio anastasia anastasio anastasios anastasius anasuya anasztaizia anasztaz anat anata anate anati anatie anatloe anatol anatola anatoli anatolia anatolie anaxarete anaya anayi anbar anbessa anbidian anca ancaeus ance ancelin ancelina ancenned anchises anci ancil anda andeana andee andena ander andera andere andersNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANNA:
First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdera abdulla abeba abelia abella abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abra abraha abriana acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima ada adaira adairia adalbrechta adalgisa adalheida adalia adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adara adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelia adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adia adiba adiella adila adima adina adira adisa aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adora adowa adra adreana adriana adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aethra afafa afia afina afra afraima afreda africa afua afya agaciaEnglish Words Rhyming ANNA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ANNA AS A WHOLE:
| abannation | noun (n.) Alt. of Abannition |
| alcanna | noun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. |
| annat | noun (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease. |
| anna | noun (n.) An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents. |
| annal | noun (n.) See Annals. |
| annalist | noun (n.) A writer of annals. |
| annalistic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style. |
| annals | noun (n. pl.) A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. |
| noun (n. pl.) Historical records; chronicles; history. | |
| noun (n. pl.) The record of a single event or item. | |
| noun (n. pl.) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "Annals of Science." |
| annats | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Annates |
| annates | noun (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. |
| bandanna | noun (n.) Alt. of Bandana |
| canna | noun (n.) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4. |
| noun (n.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States. |
| cannabene | noun (n.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties. |
| cannabin | noun (n.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin. |
| cannabine | adjective (a.) Pertaining to hemp; hempen. |
| cannabis | noun (n.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp. |
| grannam | noun (n.) A grandam. |
| hosanna | noun (n.) A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. |
| ingannation | noun (n.) Cheat; deception. |
| manna | noun (n.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. |
| noun (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food. | |
| noun (n.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. |
| metastannate | noun (n.) A salt of metastannic acid. |
| pannade | noun (n.) The curvet of a horse. |
| pannage | noun (n.) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns. |
| noun (n.) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods. |
| pannary | adjective (a.) See Panary. |
| savanna | noun (n.) A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. |
| seannachie | noun (n.) A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist. |
| stannary | noun (n.) A tin mine; tin works. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works. |
| stannate | noun (n.) A salt of stannic acid. |
| subsannation | noun (n.) Derision; mockery. |
| sulphostannate | noun (n.) A salt of sulphostannic acid. |
| tannable | adjective (a.) That may be tanned. |
| tannage | noun (n.) A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning. |
| tannate | noun (n.) A salt of tannic acid. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANNA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (nna) - English Words That Ends with nna:
| alhenna | noun (n.) See Henna. |
| antenna | noun (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids. |
| belladonna | noun (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade. |
| noun (n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily. |
| donna | noun (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy. |
| duenna | noun (n.) The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. |
| noun (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. | |
| noun (n.) Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess. |
| gehenna | noun (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. |
| henna | noun (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc. |
| noun (n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them. |
| khenna | noun (n.) See Henna. |
| madonna | noun (n.) My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. |
| noun (n.) A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe). |
| meminna | noun (n.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India. |
| penna | noun (n.) A perfect, or normal, feather. |
| pinna | noun (n.) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate. |
| noun (n.) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf. | |
| noun (n.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ. | |
| noun (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity. | |
| noun (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear. |
| prima donna | adjective (a.) The first or chief female singer in an opera. |
| senna | noun (n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. |
| noun (n.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. |
| sienna | noun (n.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. |
| sunna | noun (n.) A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANNA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (ann) - Words That Begins with ann:
| annicut | noun (n.) A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. |
| ann | noun (n.) Alt. of Annat |
| annealing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anneal |
| noun (n.) The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat. | |
| noun (n.) The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc. |
| annealer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, anneals. |
| annectent | adjective (a.) Connecting; annexing. |
| annelid | adjective (a.) Alt. of Annelidan |
| annelidan | noun (n.) One of the Annelida. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. |
| annelida | noun (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda. |
| annelidous | adjective (a.) Of the nature of an annelid. |
| annellata | noun (n. pl.) See Annelida. |
| anneloid | noun (n.) An animal resembling an annelid. |
| annexing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annex |
| annex | noun (n.) Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing. |
| verb (v. t.) To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. | |
| verb (v. t.) To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. | |
| verb (v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt. | |
| verb (v. i.) To join; to be united. |
| annexationist | noun (n.) One who favors annexation. |
| annexer | noun (n.) One who annexes. |
| annexion | noun (n.) Annexation. |
| annexionist | noun (n.) An annexationist. |
| annexment | noun (n.) The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. |
| annihilable | adjective (a.) Capable of being annihilated. |
| annihilating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annihilate |
| annihilate | adjective (a.) Annihilated. |
| verb (v. t.) To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. | |
| verb (v. t.) To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. | |
| verb (v. t.) To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness. |
| annihilation | noun (n.) The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation. |
| noun (n.) The state of being annihilated. |
| annihilationist | noun (n.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist. |
| annihilative | adjective (a.) Serving to annihilate; destructive. |
| annihilator | noun (n.) One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator. |
| annihilatory | adjective (a.) Annihilative. |
| anniversary | noun (n.) The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. |
| noun (n.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope. | |
| noun (n.) The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. | |
| adjective (a.) Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. |
| anniverse | noun (n.) Anniversary. |
| annodated | adjective (a.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. |
| annomination | noun (n.) Paronomasia; punning. |
| noun (n.) Alliteration. |
| annotating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annotate |
| annotate | noun (n.) To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon. |
| verb (v. i.) To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon. |
| annotation | noun (n.) A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage. |
| annotationist | noun (n.) An annotator. |
| annotative | adjective (a.) Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation. |
| annotator | noun (n.) A writer of annotations; a commentator. |
| annotatory | adjective (a.) Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. |
| annotine | noun (n.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted. |
| annotinous | adjective (a.) A year old; in Yearly growths. |
| annotto | noun (n.) Alt. of Arnotto |
| announcing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Announce |
| announcement | noun (n.) The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication. |
| announcer | noun (n.) One who announces. |
| annoying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annoy |
| adjective (a.) That annoys; molesting; vexatious. |
| annoy | noun (n.) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks. |
| noun (n.) To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade. | |
| noun (n.) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. |
| annoyance | noun (n.) The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. |
| noun (n.) That which annoys. |
| annoyer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, annoys. |
| annoyful | adjective (a.) Annoying. |
| annoyous | adjective (a.) Troublesome; annoying. |
| annual | noun (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year. |
| noun (n.) Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant. | |
| noun (n.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day. | |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. | |
| adjective (a.) Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth. | |
| adjective (a.) Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANNA:
English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':
| abaca | noun (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
| abada | noun (n.) The rhinoceros. |
| abanga | noun (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. |
| abba | noun (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. |
| abdominalia | noun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
| aboma | noun (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma). |
| abracadabra | noun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon. |
| abranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration. |
| abscissa | noun (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes. |
| abuna | noun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. |
| acacia | noun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. |
| noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates. | |
| noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. |
| acantha | noun (n.) A prickle. |
| noun (n.) A spine or prickly fin. | |
| noun (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. |
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| acarina | noun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange. |
| acciaccatura | noun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. |
| aceldama | noun (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. |
| acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
| acetabulifera | noun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. |
| achatina | noun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa. |
| acholia | noun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile. |
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| acinesia | noun (n.) Same as Akinesia. |
| aconitia | noun (n.) Same as Aconitine. |
| acontia | noun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated. |
| acrania | noun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull. |
| noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists. |
| acrasia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy |
| acraspeda | noun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora. |
| acrisia | noun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy |
| acrita | noun (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. |
| actinaria | noun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. |
| actinia | noun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.]. |
| noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae. |
| actinotrocha | noun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. |
| actinozoa | noun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| adansonia | noun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. |
| adelphia | noun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. |
| adenalgia | noun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy |
| adularia | noun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone. |
| adversaria | noun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. |
| adynamia | noun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. |
| aegicrania | noun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls. |
| aerophobia | noun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby |
| aesthesia | noun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia. |
| aga | noun (n.) Alt. of Agha |
| agha | noun (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect. |
| agalactia | noun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy |
| agama | noun (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards. |
| agora | noun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city. |
| agouara | noun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America. |
| agouta | noun (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti. |
| agraphia | noun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. |
| aha | noun (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha. |
| (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise. |
| ailuroidea | noun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. |
| akinesia | noun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| alalonga | noun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi |
| albata | noun (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German. |
| albuminuria | noun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine. |
| alcarraza | noun (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface. |
| alcyonacea | noun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
| alcyonaria | noun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. |
| alfa | noun (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass |
| alfalfa | noun (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. |
| alfilaria | noun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. |
| alga | noun (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc. |
| algaroba | noun (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. |
| noun (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. |
| algarovilla | noun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| algebra | noun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude. |
| noun (n.) A treatise on this science. |
| alhambra | noun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada. |
| allantoidea | noun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. |
| alleluia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah |
| alma | noun (n.) Alt. of Almah |
| almadia | noun (n.) Alt. of Almadie |
| almagra | noun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver. |
| alopecia | noun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy |
| alpaca | noun (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama. |
| noun (n.) Wool of the alpaca. | |
| noun (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton. |
| alpha | noun (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning. |
| alpia | noun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. |
| althaea | noun (n.) Alt. of Althea |
| althea | noun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| alumina | noun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
| alumna | noun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college. |
| amalgama | noun (n.) Same as Amalgam. |
| amblyopia | noun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy |
| amblypoda | noun (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. |
| ambrosia | noun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. |
| noun (n.) An unguent of the gods. | |
| noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. | |
| noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. |
| amenorrhoea | noun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge. |
| amentia | noun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ametropia | noun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye. |
| amia | noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. |
| amma | noun (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother. |
| ammonia | noun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn. |
| ammonitoidea | noun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. |
| amnesia | noun (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. |
| amniota | noun (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals. |
| amoeba | noun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda. |
| amoebea | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms. |
| amorosa | noun (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan. |
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