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An"nu*let (&?;), n. [Dim. of annulus.] 1. A little ring. Tennyson.

2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.

4. (Zoöl.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.

An*nul"la*ble (&?;), a. That may be Annulled.

An*nul"ler (&?;), n. One who annuls. [R.]

An*nul"ment (&?;), n. [Cf. F. annulement.] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

An"nu*loid (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.

||An`nu*loid"a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. annulus ring + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]

||An"nu*lo"sa (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoölogists it is applied to the former only.

An`nu*lo"san (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Annulosa.

An"nu*lose` (&?;; 277), a. [L. annulus ring.] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.

2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.

||An"nu*lus (&?;), n.; pl. Annuli (&?;). [L.] 1. A ring; a ringlike part or space.

2. (Geom.) (a) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other. (b) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.

3. (Zoöl.) Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.

An*nu"mer*ate (&?;), v. t. [L. annumeratus, p. p. of annumerare. See Numerate.] To add on; to count in. [Obs.] Wollaston.

An*nu`mer*a"tion (&?;), n. [L. annumeratio.] Addition to a former number. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

An*nun"ci*a*ble (&?;), a. That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]

An*nun"ci*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annunciating.] [L. annuntiare. See Announce.] To announce.

An*nun"ci*ate (&?;), p. p. & a. Foretold; preannounced. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An*nun`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation.] 1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

2. (Eccl.) (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. (b) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.

An*nun"ci*a*tive (&?;), a. Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [R.] Dr. H. More.

An*nun"ci*a`tor (&?;), n. [L. annuntiator.] 1. One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

2. An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.

An*nun"ci*a*to*ry (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]

||A*noa" (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.