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Anxious: Definition and part of speech

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Anxious

  1. a. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
  2. a. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; — applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
  3. a. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; — applied to things; as, anxious labor.

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.

Aorta: Definition and part of speech

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Aorta

  1. n. The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

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.

Any: Definition and part of speech

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Any

  1. adv. To any extent; in any degree; at all.
  2. a. & pron. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
  3. a. & pron. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like 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.

Anybody: Definition and part of speech

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Anybody

  1. n. A person of consideration or standing.
  2. n. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

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.