Name Report For First Name ANTIPHATES:

ANTIPHATES

First name ANTIPHATES's origin is Greek. ANTIPHATES means "myth name (a cyclops)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ANTIPHATES below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of antiphates.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with ANTIPHATES and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ANTIPHATES - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ANTIPHATES

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ANTĘPHATES AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANTĘPHATES (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 9 Letters (ntiphates) - Names That Ends with ntiphates:

Rhyming Names According to Last 8 Letters (tiphates) - Names That Ends with tiphates:

Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (iphates) - Names That Ends with iphates:

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (phates) - Names That Ends with phates:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (hates) - Names That Ends with hates:

achates

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (ates) - Names That Ends with ates:

tiridates iobates socrates bates yates

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (tes) - Names That Ends with tes:

atlantes acestes aeetes corybantes laertes melecertes orestes philoctetes pityocamptes polites procrustes thersites thyestes zelotes zetes brites montes sketes agestes

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (es) - Names That Ends with es:

agnes atropes ceres erinyes hyades keres numees pules el-marees farees mounafes calles eliaures gesnes kanelingres benes devries bes menes psusennes ramses styles jacques achilles agamedes alcides anchises ares atreides cebriones chryses damocles diomedes eteocles eupeithes gilles gyes hercules hermes hippomenes iphicles laestrygones lycomedes oles polydeuces polynices pylades ulysses xerxes mozes abantiades rares anglides anlicnes delores dolores eadignes gertrudes ines lourdes louredes lyones mercedes ynes ames andres aries brandeles byrnes des eames eulises fitzjames forbes giannes

NAMES RHYMING WITH ANTĘPHATES (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 9 Letters (antiphate) - Names That Begins with antiphate:

Rhyming Names According to First 8 Letters (antiphat) - Names That Begins with antiphat:

Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (antipha) - Names That Begins with antipha:

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (antiph) - Names That Begins with antiph:

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (antip) - Names That Begins with antip:

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (anti) - Names That Begins with anti:

anticlea antigone antilochus antinous antiope

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (ant) - Names That Begins with ant:

antaeus antalka antanasia antar antea anteros antfortas anthany anthea anthia anthonie anthony anthor antje antoaneta antoine antoinette anton antoneo antonia antonie antonieta antonietta antonina antonio antony antor antranig antropas antti anttiri antton

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (an) - Names That Begins with an:

an-her ana anaba anabella anabelle anacelia anahid anahita anais anakausuen anakin analee analeigh analena analise anama anamari anamarie anan ananda anant ananya anarosa anassa anastagio anastasia anastasio anastasios anastasius anasuya anasztaizia anasztaz anat anata anate anati anatie anatloe anatol anatola anatoli anatolia anatolie anaxarete anaya anayi anbar anbessa anbidian anca ancaeus ance ancelin ancelina ancenned anci ancil anda andeana andee andena ander andera

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANTĘPHATES:

First Names which starts with 'anti' and ends with 'ates':

First Names which starts with 'ant' and ends with 'tes':

First Names which starts with 'an' and ends with 'es':

First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 's':

abbas abderus abdul-quddus abracomas absyrtus abydos acastus achaius achelous acis aconteus acrisius addis adkins admetus adolphus adonis adrastus aeacus aegeus aegis aegisthus aegyptus aeneas aengus aeolus aesculapius aglauros aidoios aigneis ailis aindreas aineislis airleas akins alahhaois albinus alcestis alcinoos alcinous alcyoneus aldis aldous aldus aldys alemannus aleris alexis alexys alis alliss almas aloeus alois alpheus alphonsus alvis alys alyss alyxis amaris amaryllis ambros ambrosius ambrus amenophis americus amos amphiaraus amycus anders andreas androgeus anghus angus anis annis annys anubis aonghas aonghus apis apophis apsaras aramis arcas archemorus ardys arelis argos argus ariss aristaeus arliss arlys arlyss artemas artemes artemis artemus

English Words Rhyming ANTIPHATES

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ANTĘPHATES AS A WHOLE:



ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANTĘPHATES (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 9 Letters (ntiphates) - English Words That Ends with ntiphates:



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Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (hates) - English Words That Ends with hates:



Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ates) - English Words That Ends with ates:


acatesnoun (n. pl.) See Cates.

annatesnoun (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

catesnoun (n.) Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.

disparatesnoun (n. pl.) Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.

grammatesnoun (n. pl.) Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar.

hippocratesnoun (n.) A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.

latesnoun (n.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.

natesnoun (n. pl.) The buttocks.
 noun (n. pl.) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
 noun (n. pl.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

optimatesnoun (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares.

penatesnoun (n. pl.) The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.

primatesnoun (n. pl.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (tes) - English Words That Ends with tes:


aetitesnoun (n.) See Eaglestone.

antesnoun (n. pl.) Antae. See Anta.

ascitesnoun (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

atlantesnoun (n. pl.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.

ascomycetesnoun (n. pl.) A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphae, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc.

barytesnoun (n.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.

bootesnoun (n.) A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.

basidiomycetesnoun (n. pl.) A large subdivision of fungi coordinate with the Ascomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.

cerastesnoun (n.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.

chaetetesnoun (n.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.

clidastesnoun (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.

cormophytesnoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Cormophyta

cortesnoun (n. pl.) The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.

curtesadjective (a.) Courteous.

cyphonautesnoun (n.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa.

dalmanitesnoun (n.) Same as Dalmania.

dermestesnoun (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.

diabetesnoun (n.) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal.

ecclesiastesadjective (a.) One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

ephialtesnoun (n.) The nightmare.

equitesnoun (n. pl) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.

favositesnoun (n.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.

gasteromycetesnoun (n. pl.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

gerontesnoun (n. pl.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

halysitesnoun (n.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.

hymenomycetesnoun (n. pl.) One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed.

hyphomycetesnoun (n. pl.) One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads.

intransigentesnoun (n. pl.) The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables.

jutesnoun (n. pl.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.

litotesnoun (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.

louchettesnoun (n. pl.) Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.

microlestesnoun (n.) An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.

mycetesnoun (n.) A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust.

myzontesnoun (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

mesomycetesnoun (n. pl.) One of the three classes into which the fungi are divided in Brefeld's classification.

myxomycetesnoun (n. pl.) A class of peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerly regarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to be plants and often separated as a distinct phylum (Myxophyta). They are found on damp earth and decaying vegetable matter, and consist of naked masses of protoplasm, often of considerable size, which creep very slowly over the surface and ingest solid food.

nemertesnoun (n.) A genus of nemertina.

nereitesnoun (n. pl.) Fossil tracks of annelids.

nummulitesnoun (n.) A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.

orbitolitesnoun (n.) A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.

quiritesnoun (n. pl.) Roman citizens.
 noun (n. pl.) Roman citizens.

pahutesnoun (n. pl.) See Utes.

parietesnoun (n. pl.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
 noun (n. pl.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
  (pl. ) of Paries

pentremitesnoun (n.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

poritesnoun (n.) An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms.

procrustesnoun (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.

pterocletesnoun (n. pl.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphae.

pyritesnoun (n.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.
  (pl. ) of Pyrite

phycomycetesnoun (n. pl.) A large, important class of parasitic or saprophytic fungi, the algal or algalike fungi. The plant body ranges from an undifferentiated mass of protoplasm to a well-developed and much-branched mycelium. Reproduction is mainly sexual, by the formation of conidia or sporangia; but the group shows every form of transition from this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms.

rudistesnoun (n. pl.) An extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous period; -- called also Rudista. See Illust. under Hippurite.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ANTĘPHATES (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 9 Letters (antiphate) - Words That Begins with antiphate:



Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (antiphat) - Words That Begins with antiphat:



Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (antipha) - Words That Begins with antipha:


antipharmicadjective (a.) Antidotal; alexipharmic.


Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (antiph) - Words That Begins with antiph:


antiphlogistiannoun (n.) An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.

antiphlogisticnoun (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
 adjective (a.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
 adjective (a.) Counteracting inflammation.

antiphonnoun (n.) A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
 noun (n.) A verse said before and after the psalms.

antiphonalnoun (n.) A book of antiphons or anthems.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.

antiphonarynoun (n.) A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

antiphonenoun (n.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

antiphonernoun (n.) A book of antiphons.

antiphonicadjective (a.) Antiphonal.

antiphonynoun (n.) A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
 noun (n.) An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.

antiphrasisnoun (n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

antiphrasticadjective (a.) Alt. of Antiphrastical

antiphrasticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to antiphrasis.

antiphthisicnoun (n.) A medicine for phthisis.
 adjective (a.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.

antiphysicaladjective (a.) Contrary to nature; unnatural.
 adjective (a.) Relieving flatulence; carminative.


Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (antip) - Words That Begins with antip:


antipapaladjective (a.) Opposed to the pope or to popery.

antiparalleladjective (a.) Running in a contrary direction.

antiparallelsnoun (n. pl.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

antiparalyticnoun (n.) A medicine for paralysis.
 adjective (a.) Good against paralysis.

antiparalyticaladjective (a.) Antiparalytic.

antipatheticadjective (a.) Alt. of Antipathetical

antipatheticaladjective (a.) Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to.

antipathicadjective (a.) Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.

antipathistnoun (n.) One who has an antipathy.

antipathousadjective (a.) Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic.

antipathynoun (n.) Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
 noun (n.) Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.

antipeptonenoun (n.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.

antiperiodicnoun (n.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

antiperistalticadjective (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.

antiperistasisnoun (n.) Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.

antiperistaticadjective (a.) Pertaining to antiperistasis.

antipetalousadjective (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen.

antiplasticadjective (a.) Diminishing plasticity.
 adjective (a.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.

antipodagricnoun (n.) A medicine for gout.
 adjective (a.) Good against gout.

antipodaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
 adjective (a.) Diametrically opposite.

antipodenoun (n.) One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.

antipodeanadjective (a.) Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

antipodesnoun (n.) Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
 noun (n.) The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.
 noun (n.) Anything exactly opposite or contrary.

antipolenoun (n.) The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.

antipopenoun (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.

antipsoricnoun (n.) An antipsoric remedy.
 adjective (a.) Of use in curing the itch.

antiptosisnoun (n.) The putting of one case for another.

antiputrefactiveadjective (a.) Alt. of Antiputrescent

antiputrescentadjective (a.) Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.

antipyicnoun (n.) An antipyic medicine.
 adjective (a.) Checking or preventing suppuration.

antipyresisnoun (n.) The condition or state of being free from fever.

antipyreticnoun (n.) A febrifuge.
 adjective (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.

antipyrinenoun (n.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.

antipyroticnoun (n.) Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.
 adjective (a.) Good against burns or pyrosis.

antipaschnoun (n.) The Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (anti) - Words That Begins with anti:


antiaenoun (n. pl.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

antialbumidnoun (n.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

antialbumosenoun (n.) See Albumose.

antiaphrodisiacnoun (a. & n.) Same as Antaphrodisiac.

antiapoplecticnoun (a. & n.) Same as Antapoplectic.

antiarnoun (n.) A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

antiarinnoun (n.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.

antiasthmaticnoun (a. & n.) Same as Antasthmatic.

antiattritionnoun (n.) Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

antibacchiusnoun (n.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).

antibillousadjective (a.) Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

antibrachialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

antibrachiumnoun (n.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

antibromicnoun (n.) An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

antiburghernoun (n.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

anticnoun (n.) A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
 noun (n.) An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
 noun (n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
 noun (n.) A grotesque representation.
 noun (n.) An antimask.
 adjective (a.) Old; antique.
 adjective (a.)
 adjective (a.) Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
 verb (v. t.) To make appear like a buffoon.
 verb (v. i.) To perform antics.

anticatarrhalnoun (n.) An anticatarrhal remedy.
 adjective (a.) Efficacious against catarrh.

anticathodenoun (n.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

anticausodicnoun (a. & n.) Same as Anticausotic.

anticausoticnoun (n.) A remedy for such a fever.
 adjective (a.) Good against an inflammatory fever.

antichambernoun (n.) See Antechamber.

antichlornoun (n.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

antichristnoun (n.) A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

antichristianadjective (a.) Opposed to the Christian religion.

antichristianismnoun (n.) Alt. of Antichristianity

antichristianitynoun (n.) Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.

antichronicaladjective (a.) Deviating from the proper order of time.

antichronismnoun (n.) Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.

antichthonnoun (n.) A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun.
 noun (n.) Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.

anticipantadjective (a.) Anticipating; expectant; -- with of.

anticipatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anticipate

anticipationnoun (n.) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
 noun (n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.
 noun (n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
 noun (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

anticipativeadjective (a.) Anticipating, or containing anticipation.

anticipatornoun (n.) One who anticipates.

anticipatoryadjective (a.) Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.

anticivicnoun (n.) Opposed to citizenship.

anticivismnoun (n.) Opposition to the body politic of citizens.

anticlasticadjective (a.) Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

anticlimaxnoun (n.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

anticlinalnoun (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
 adjective (a.) Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.

anticlinoriumnoun (n.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

anticnessnoun (n.) The quality of being antic.

anticonstitutionaladjective (a.) Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

anticontagiousadjective (a.) Opposing or destroying contagion.

anticonvulsiveadjective (a.) Good against convulsions.

anticornoun (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.

anticousadjective (a.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

anticyclonenoun (n.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.

antidotaladjective (a.) Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.

antidotaryadjective (a.) Antidotal.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ANTĘPHATES:

English Words which starts with 'anti' and ends with 'ates':



English Words which starts with 'ant' and ends with 'tes':



English Words which starts with 'an' and ends with 'es':

anaerobiesnoun (n. pl.) Microorganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it.

androidesnoun (n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

anglesnoun (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

anseresnoun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

anseriformesnoun (n. pl.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.

antaresnoun (n.) The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

anaerobesnoun (n. pl.) Anaerobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaerobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaerobia when they thrive only in its absence.

anophelesnoun (n.) A genus of mosquitoes which are secondary hosts of the malaria parasites, and whose bite is the usual, if not the only, means of infecting human beings with malaria. Several species are found in the United States. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the surface and the head and beak in line with it. Unless they become themselves infected by previously biting a subject affected with malaria, the insects cannot transmit the disease.