Angor: Definition and part of speech

Angor

  1. n. Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Angostura bark: Definition and part of speech

Angostura bark

  1. An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, / officinalis).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Angle: Definition and part of speech

Angle

  1. n. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
  2. n. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
  3. n. The figure made by. two lines which meet.
  4. n. The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
  5. n. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  6. n. A name given to four of the twelve astrological “houses.”
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anglemeter: Definition and part of speech

Anglemeter

  1. n. An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.