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Anode: Definition and part of speech

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Anode

  1. n. The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; — opposed to cathode.

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.

Anomalistical: Definition and part of speech

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Anomalistical

  1. a. Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.
  2. a. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.

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.

Anodyne: Definition and part of speech

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Anodyne

  1. a. Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
  2. a. Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

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.

Anoint: Definition and part of speech

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Anoint

  1. p. p. Anointed.
  2. v. t. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
  3. v. t. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

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.