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Anabatic
- adjective - of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope; "an anabatic wind"
Anableps
- unknown - These four-eyed fishes are a genus, Anableps, of fishes in the family Anablepidae. They have eyes raised above the top of the head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above the water surface at the same time
Anabolic
- adjective - characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism; "some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily"
- of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism
Anaconda
- noun - large arboreal boa of tropical South America
Anacreon
- unknown - Greek lyrical poet c.6th century BC
best known for his celebrations of
love and wine.
Anaerobe
- noun - an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live
Anagasta
- noun - moth whose larvae are flour moths
Anaglyph
- noun - anything carved in low relief
- moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed
Anagnost
- noun - a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)
Anagoges
- noun - a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture)