| annihilationist | One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anniversaries and special events | Occasions to commemorate an event or occasions designated for a specific purpose. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anniversary | Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. Anniversary day . See Anniversary. Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and new York. Origin: L. Anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. Anniversaire. Origin: Cf. F. Anniversaire. 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 2. The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope. 3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| annomination | 1. Paronomasia; punning. 2. Alliteration. Origin: L. Annominatio. See Agnomination. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| annotine | <ornithology> A bird one year old, or that has once molted. Origin: L. Annotinus a year old. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| annotinous | <botany> A year old; in Yearly growths. Origin: L. Annotinus, fr. Annus year. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| annotto | Colouring matter extracted from the seeds of Bixa orellana; contains bixin and several other yellow to orange-red pigments; used for colouring butter, margarine, cheese, and oils. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annual | <biology, plant biology> Describes a plant or other organism that completes its whole life cycle in one year Occuring yearly. (09 Oct 1997) |
| annual reports | Annual statements concerning the administrative and operational functions of an institution or organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| annuent | Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding). Origin: L. Annuens, p. Pr. Of annuere; ad + nuere to nod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| annular | <dermatology> Arranged in or forming a ring. (09 Oct 1997) |
| annular band | The strands of amniotic tissue adherent to the embryo or foetus; they may cause constriction of embryonic limbs. See: congenital amputation. Synonym: amniotic adhesions, annular band, constriction ring, Simonart's bands, Simonart's ligaments, Simonart's threads, Streeter's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annular cartilage | <anatomy> The lower most of the laryngeal cartilages, may be palpated just below the thyroid prominence Adjacent the cricoid cartilage and the first tracheal ring is the cricothyroid membrane, a site used for rapid emergency airway access (cricothyroidotomy). (13 Nov 1997) |
| annular cataract | Congenital cataract in which a central white membrane replaces the nucleus. Synonym: disk-shaped cataract, life-belt cataract, umbilicated cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annular illumination | <microscopy> The result of placing a stop in the first focal plane of the condenser to produce an illuminating cone of light with all the light flux near the surface of the cone. The central part of the cone will be dark. This arrangement is often used for a darkfield effect in low-power work by transmitted light. The condenser must be correctly focused and centreed. By reflected light, darkfield illumination is attained with an annular con-denser fitted around the objective for opaque objects. Annular illumination implies that the object is lighted from all sides. (05 Aug 1998) |