| angioplasty |
surgical repair of a blood vessel. |
| angiosarcoma |
a malignant vascular tumor. |
| angiosperm |
a flowering plant that holds its seeds within an ovary. |
| angle1 |
the geometric figure made by two lines extending out from a single point. [10 definitions] |
| angle2 |
to fish with hook and line. [2 definitions] |
| angle iron |
a piece of rolled iron or steel in the form of a right angle along its lengthwise dimension, used in construction for joining parts or as support. |
| angle of incidence |
the angle that the line of movement of a body or of radiation, meeting a surface, makes with a line that is at right angles to the surface at the point of meeting. |
| angle of repose |
the greatest angle of incline at which sand, stones, soil, or the like will not slide or roll downhill. |
| angler |
a person who fishes with hook and line, usu. for sport. [3 definitions] |
| Angler fish |
any of various deepwater marine fishes that have a large mouth over which dangles a wormlike appendage that lures prey. |
| Angles |
a people from the lowlands of northern Germany who migrated to eastern England in the fifth century. |
| angleworm |
a worm used as bait in fishing, esp. an earthworm. |
| Anglican |
of or pertaining to the Church of England or churches of the same origin and communion. [2 definitions] |
| Anglicism |
(often l.c.) a word, idiom, or feature of the English language, esp. British English, borrowed by another language; Briticism. [2 definitions] |
| Anglicize |
(often l.c.) to change or conform to that which is English in style, manner, pronunciation, or the like. |
| Anglify |
to Anglicize. |
| angling |
the act, process, or sport of fishing with hook and line. |
| Anglo |
a white American not of Hispanic descent. |
| Anglo- |
English. [2 definitions] |
| Anglo-American |
of, pertaining to, or involving both England and America or English and American people. [2 definitions] |
| Anglomania |
a greatly exaggerated attachment to or imitation of English manners, habits, institutions, and the like. |