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n. 1. an abnormal condition.
Syn. -- abnormality [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Abnormalities 1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something abnormal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To a fathomless depth; profoundly. “Abysmally ignorant.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Cf. F. amalgamer ] To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr. ma`lagma, emollient, plaster, poultice, fr. mala`ssein to make soft, fr. malako`s soft. ] 1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mixture or compound of different things. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) A native compound of mercury and silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Amalgam. [ 1913 Webster ]

They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Amalgamated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating. ] 1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Coalesced; united; combined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. amalgamation. ] 1. The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by amalgamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To amalgamate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. The more common spelling is aneurysmal. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an aneurysm.
Syn. -- aneurismal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a sac-like widening of a blood vessel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. animal. See Animate. ] 1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. animal. ] 1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food. [ 1913 Webster ]

Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism. --
Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. --
Animal flower (Zool.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. --
Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. --
Animal spirits. See under Spirit. --
Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers. The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: --
Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda).
Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera, Chætognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. Molluscoidea, including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa. Mollusca, including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala. Echinodermata, including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. Cœlenterata, including Anthozoa or Polyps, Ctenophora, and Hydrozoa or Acalephs. Spongiozoa or Porifera, including the sponges.
Protozoa, including Infusoria and Rhizopoda. For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim. of animal. ] 1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like those of animals. Among these are Volvox, the Desmidiacæ, and the siliceous Diatomaceæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spermatic animalcules. See Spermatozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. “Animalcular life.” Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalculisme. ] 1. (Biol.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The theory that the spermatozoön and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to ovism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalculiste. ] 1. One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A believer in the theory of animalculism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Animalcula [ NL. See Animalcule. ] An animalcule. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Animalculæ, as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a barbarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
Syn. -- brutalization, brutalisation, animalization [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Like an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalisme. ] The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities or objectives; preoccupation with sensual, physical, or carnal pleasures. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to animalism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalité. ] Animal existence or nature. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. animalisation. ] 1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Animalized p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing. ] [ Cf. F. animaliser. ] 1. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Physically. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Animality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything anomalous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ #), } a. [ L. anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot. ] Having anomalous feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anomalistique. ] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anomalistic month. See under Month. --
Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. --
Anomalistic, or
Periodical year. See under Year. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With irregularity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having anomalous flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family comprising the flashlightfishes.
Syn. -- family Anomalopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1 a fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; it inhabits warm waters of the West Pacific and Puerto Rico. It is called also flashlight fish.
Syn. -- flashlight fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the smallest moa (Anomalopteryx oweni); it is a slender moa about the size of a large turkey.
Syn. -- Anomalopteryx oweni. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anomalus, Gr. &unr_; uneven, irregular; 'an priv. + &unr_; even, &unr_; same. See Same, and cf. Abnormal. ] Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anomalous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anomalies [ L. anomalia, Gr. &unr_;. See Anomalous. ] 1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (a) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. anormal. See Abnormal, Normal. ] Not according to rule; abnormal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]