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anti-intellectual
  • n  a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  • s  smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
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anti-semite
  • n  someone who hates and would persecute Jews
  • s  discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
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anti-semitic
  • a  relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
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antiadrenergic
  • a  relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body
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antiaircraft
  • n  artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
  • s  designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
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antiapartheid
  • a  opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa
    an antiapartheid leader
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antibacterial
  • n  any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth
  • a  destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth
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antibiotic
  • n  a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
    when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs
  • a  of or relating to antibiotic drugs
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antiblack
  • s  discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
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antic
  • n  a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
  • v  act as or like a clown
  • s  ludicrously odd
    Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
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anticancer
  • a  used in the treatment of cancer
    anticancer drug
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anticholinergic
  • n  a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
  • a  inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
    anticholinergic drugs
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