ANTICLY | • anticly adv. In an odd or grotesque manner. • ANTIC adv. quaint, also ANTICK. |
ANTICLINE | • anticline n. (Geology) A fold with strata sloping downwards on each side. • ANTICLINE n. a fold that is convex upward, or that had such an attitude at some stage of its development. |
ANTICLING | • anticling adj. Preventing one material from clinging to another. • ANTICLING adj. designed to prevent clinging e.g. of fabrics. |
ANTICLIMAX | • anticlimax n. A failed or reverse climax, particularly… • anti-climax n. Alternative spelling of anticlimax. • ANTICLIMAX n. the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea. |
ANTICLINAL | • anticlinal adj. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. • anticlinal adj. (Botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the… • anticlinal adj. (Chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°. |
ANTICLINES | • anticlines n. Plural of anticline. • ANTICLINE n. a fold that is convex upward, or that had such an attitude at some stage of its development. |
ANTICLASTIC | • anticlastic adj. (Of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped. • anticlastic adj. (Mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points. • ANTICLASTIC adj. of a surface, having a curvature, at a given point and in a particular direction, that is of the opposite sign to the curvature at that point in a perpendicular direction. |
ANTICLINALS | • anticlinals n. Plural of anticlinal. • ANTICLINAL n. an anticlinal fold, axis, crest, or line; a line whence strata dip in opposite directions. |
ANTICLERICAL | • anticlerical adj. Opposed to political influence of clerics. • anticlerical n. One who opposes the political influence of clerics. • ANTICLERICAL n. one opposed to clericalism or to the interference or influence of the clergy in secular affairs. |
ANTICLIMAXES | • anticlimaxes n. Plural of anticlimax. • anti-climaxes n. Plural of anti-climax. • ANTICLIMAX n. the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea. |
ANTICLINORIA | • anticlinoria n. Plural of anticlinorium. • ANTICLINORIUM n. an arch-shaped group of anticlines and synclines. |
ANTICLOTTING | • anticlotting adj. (Pharmacology) Acting to reduce or prevent the formation of blood clots. • ANTICLOTTING adj. serving to prevent clots. |
ANTICLASSICAL | • anticlassical adj. (Art) Opposing or rejecting what is classical. • ANTICLASSICAL adj. opposed to the classical. |
ANTICLERICALS | • anticlericals n. Plural of anticlerical. • ANTICLERICAL n. one opposed to clericalism or to the interference or influence of the clergy in secular affairs. |
ANTICLIMACTIC | • anticlimactic adj. Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing. • ANTICLIMACTIC adj. of, relating to, or marked by anticlimax, also ANTICLIMACTICAL. |
ANTICLINORIUM | • anticlinorium n. (Geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline. • ANTICLINORIUM n. an arch-shaped group of anticlines and synclines. |
ANTICLOCKWISE | • anticlockwise adj. (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to… • anticlockwise adv. (Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion. • anti-clockwise adj. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of anticlockwise. |
ANTICLERICALISM | • anticlericalism n. The opposition to political influence of clerics. • ANTICLERICALISM n. the state of being anticlerical. |
ANTICLIMACTICAL | • anticlimactical adj. Alternative form of anticlimactic. • ANTICLIMACTICAL adj. of, relating to, or marked by anticlimax, also ANTICLIMACTIC. |