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Anodyne
- adjective - a medicine used to relieve pain
- capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect"
- Not likely to cause offence and somewhat dull
Anoints
- verb - administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
- choose by or as if by divine intervention; "She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group"
Anomala
- noun - genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses
Anomaly
- noun - (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
- a person who is unusual
- deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Anomies
- noun - lack of moral standards in a society
- personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
Anonyms
- noun - a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Anoraks
- noun - a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
- British slang which refers to a person who has a very strong interest, perhaps obsessive, in niche subjects.
Anormal
- - Not according to rule; abnormal.
Anosmia
- noun - absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages)