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An`e*mom"e*try (&?;), n. The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.

A*nem"o*ne (&?;), n. [L. anemone, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; wind.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens.

2. (Zoöl.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone.

This word is sometimes pronounced n`*m"n, especially by classical scholars.

An`e*mon"ic (&?;), a. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

A*nem"o*nin (&?;), n. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.

A*nem"o*ny (&?;), n. See Anemone. Sandys.

An`e*morph"i*lous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover.] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock.

A*nem"o*scope (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wind + - scope: cf. F. anémoscope.] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

{ An*en`ce*phal"ic (&?;), An`en*ceph"a*lous (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;, priv. + &?; the brain: cf. Encephalon.] (Zoöl.) Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B.

{ A*nenst" (&?;), A*nent" (&?;), } prep. [OE. anent, anentis, anence, anens, anents, AS. onefen, onemn; an, on, on + efen even, equal; hence meaning, on an equality with, even with, beside. See Even, a.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 1. Over against; as, he lives anent the church.

2. About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.

An*en"ter*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?; intestine, &?; within, &?; in.] (Zoöl.) Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.

An"e*roid (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + nhro`s wet, moist + -oid: cf. F. anéroïde.] Containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.

Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

An"e*roid, n. An aneroid barometer.

Anes (nz), adv. Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

||An`es*the"si*a (&?;), n., An`es*thet"ic (&?;), a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.

An"et (&?;), n. [F. aneth, fr. L. anethum, Gr. 'a`nhqon. See Anise.] The herb dill, or dillseed.

An"e*thol (&?;), n. [L. anethum (see Anise) + -ol.] (Chem.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts.

A*net"ic (&?;), a. [L. aneticus, Gr. &?; relaxing; &?; back + &?; to send.] (Med.) Soothing.

An"eu*rism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a widening, an opening; &?; up + &?; wide.] (Med.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also aneurysm.]

An`eu*ris"mal (&?;), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also aneurysmal.]

A*new" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + new.] Over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew. Dryden.

An*frac"tu*ose` (?; 135), a. [See Anfractuous.] Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.

An*frac`tu*os"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Anfractuosities (#). [Cf. F. anfractuosité.] 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.

The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper. Macaulay.

2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.