| AEONIAN | • aeonian adj. Alternative spelling of eonian. • æonian adj. Obsolete form of eonian. • AEONIAN adj. lasting for aeons, eternal, also AEONIC, EONIAN. |
| ALANINE | • alanine n. (Biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins. • alanine n. (Countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid. • ALANINE n. an amino acid, also ALANIN. |
| ANAGENS | • anagens n. Plural of anagen. • ANAGEN n. the growth phase in the hair growth cycle during which a newly formed hair continues to grow. |
| ANANKES | • ANANKE n. (Greek) necessity, the power of fate. |
| ANDANTE | • andante n. (Music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than… • andante n. (Music) A passage having this mark. • andante adv. (Music) Played at a moderately slow tempo. |
| ANLAGEN | • anlagen n. Plural of anlage. • ANLAGE n. (German) the first discernible rudiment of an organ. |
| ANNATES | • annates n. Plural of annate. • ANNATES n. (historical) the first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope. |
| ANNEALS | • anneals v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anneal. • anneals n. Plural of anneal. • ANNEAL v. to make (as steel or glass) less brittle by heating and then cooling. |
| ANTENNA | • antenna n. A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. • antenna n. An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal. • antenna n. (Figurative) The faculty of intuitive astuteness. |
| EMANANT | • emanant adj. Flowing forth; emanating or issuing from or as if from a source. • emanant adj. (Philosophy, of a mental act) Passing forth into a physical act, or making itself apparent by an effect… • emanant n. (Mathematics) The result of operating any number of times upon a quantic with the operator (x’d/dx +… |
| PANNAGE | • pannage n. Acorns and beech mast used as forage for pigs. • pannage n. Feeding of pigs on acorns and beech mast in the woods. • pannage n. The right to so feed pigs. |
| TANNAGE | • tannage n. The act, operation, or result of tanning; a tanning. • tannage n. The act of steeping cast slabs of artificial marble in a solution of potash alum to harden it and make it insoluble. • TANNAGE n. the process of tanning. |
| TANNATE | • tannate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of tannic acid. • TANNATE n. a salt of tannic acid. |
| VENTANA | • VENTANA n. (Spanish) a window. |
| WANNABE | • wannabe n. (Informal, derogatory, often attributive) Someone who wishes to be or do something, but lacks the qualifications… • wannabe n. (Informal, derogatory) Someone who wishes to be part of, or to assimilate to, a majority group of which… • WANNABE n. someone who tries to be associated with an admired person or set of people, also WANNABEE. |
| ZENANAS | • zenanas n. Plural of zenana. • ZENANA n. (Urdu) in the Indian subcontinent, the part of a house in which high-caste women are or were secluded, also ZANANA. |