Anfractuosity: Definition and part of speech

Anfractuosity

  1. n. A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
  2. n. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.

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.

Anfractuous: Definition and part of speech

Anfractuous

  1. a. Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born.

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.

Anelectric: Definition and part of speech

Anelectric

  1. n. A substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
  2. a. Not becoming electrified by friction; — opposed to idioelectric.

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.

Anelectrotonus: Definition and part of speech

Anelectrotonus

  1. n. The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

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.