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anoxic
  • a  relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs
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anserine
  • a  of or resembling a goose
  • s  having or revealing stupidity
    ridiculous anserine behavior
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answerable
  • s  capable of being answered
  • s  morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
    parents are answerable for their child's acts
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answering
  • v  react verbally
  • v  respond to a signal
  • v  give the correct answer or solution to
  • v  understand the meaning of
  • v  give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
  • v  be liable or accountable
  • v  be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
  • v  match or correspond
  • v  be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
  • v  react to a stimulus or command
  • s  replying
    an answering glance
    an answering smile
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antacid
  • n  an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
  • s  acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach)
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antagonistic
  • s  indicating opposition or resistance
  • s  characterized by antagonism or antipathy
    slaves antagonistic to their masters
  • a  arousing animosity or hostility
    his antagonistic brusqueness
    Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States
  • a  used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
  • s  incapable of harmonious association
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antarctic
  • n  the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
  • s  at or near the south pole
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ante meridiem
  • s  before noon
  • r  before noon
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antebellum
  • s  belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
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antecedent
  • n  someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  • n  a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  • n  anything that precedes something similar in time
    phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
  • n  the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
  • a  preceding in time or order
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antecubital
  • a  of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow
    blood was drawn from the antecubital region
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antediluvial
  • a  of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
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antediluvian
  • n  any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
  • n  a very old person
  • a  of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
    antediluvian man
  • s  so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
    a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
    antediluvian ideas
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