n. [ LL. almanac, almanach: cf. F. almanach, Sp. almanaque, It. almanacco, all of uncertain origin. ] A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back; &unr_; back + &unr_; to bend. ] Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The science of reflected sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spineless, as certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; thorny, fr. &unr_; thorn. ] (Zool.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; similar to + &unr_; heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'anakaqartiko`s, fr. 'anakaqai`rein to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting; 'ana` + kaqai`rein. See Cathartic. ] 1. (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ana` up + xa`ris grace. ] (Bot.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharidaceae), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a. See Anchoret, Anchoretic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ana` + chw^ros place. ] An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw> a. Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anachronismo`s, fr. 'anachroni`zein to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; 'ana` + chro`nos time: cf. F. anachronisme. ] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [ R. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend back and break; to reflect (light); &unr_; + &unr_; to break. ] 1. (Opt.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anaclastic glass, a glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, and with a very thin convex bottom. By sucking out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing gently into the orifice, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, to communicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to make common, &unr_; common. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another.
Syn. -- anacoluthon [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Lacking grammatical sequence. -- An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + &unr_; following. ] (Gram.) A lack of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
Syn. -- anacoluthia [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Ceylonese origin? ] (Zool.) A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Anacreonticus. ] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, up, again + &unr_; a stroke. ] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to push up or back; &unr_; + &unr_; to strike. ] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti`/ + 'ana`klasis a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic. ] (Rhet.) (a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. (b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis.
Syn. -- genus Canachites. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek. ] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [ Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc. ] [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals.
Syn. -- family Gentianaceae, gentian family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural family of plants (Gentianaceæ) of which the gentian is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Guanacos [ Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu. Cf. Huanaco. ] (Zool.) A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state. [ Written also huanaco. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) See Guanaco. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immanacled p. pr. & vb. n. Immanacling ] To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Although this corporal rind
Thou hast immanacled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Native name, prop., a man. ] A native of the Sandwich Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. Same as Menace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove, manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica sleeve, manacle, fr. manus. See Manual. ] A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manacled p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling ] To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot ? Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. membranaceus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Same as Membranous. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. pana`keia fr. panakh`s all-healing; pa^s pa^n, all + 'akei^sqai to heal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The herb allheal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the properties of a panacea. [ R. ] “Panacean dews.” Whitehead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. penna a feather. See Pen a feather. ] 1. A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

A panache of variegated plumes. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pleasingly flamboyant style or manner; flair{ 4 }; verve. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A natural family of woody plants including the pandanus tree (the screw pine) and freycinetia.
Syn. -- family Pandanaceae, screw-pine family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + manacle. ] To free from manacles. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]