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ANCUS MARCIUS (64o-616 B.C.)

ANCYLOPODA, or ANCYLODACTYLA

ANCYRA (mod. Angora, q.v.)

AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

AND JOSAPHAT (q.v.)

AND ONE NIGHTS (q.v.)

AND SIEGEC RAFT

ANDALUSIA, or ANDALUCIA

ANDAMAN ISLANDS

ANDANTE (Ital. for " moving slowly," from andare, to go)

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875)

ADAM ANDERSON (1692—1765)

ALEXANDER ANDERSON (c. 1582-1620?)

ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON (1836— )

JAMES ANDERSON (1662—1728)

JAMES ANDERSON (1739-1808)

JOHN ANDERSON (1726-1796)

MARY ANDERSON (1859– )

RICHARD HENRY ANDERSON (1821–1879)

ROBERT ANDERSON (1750–1830)

SIR EDMUND ANDERSON (1530-1605)

ANDIRON (older form anderne; med. Lat. andena, anderia)

ANDORRA, or ANDORRE

BONIFACIO JOZA ANDRADA E SYLVA

DIEGO DE PAIVA DE ANDRADA (1528—1575)

JULIUS ANDRASSY (GyuLA), COUNT (1823—1890)

JOHN ANDRE (1751-178o)

ANDREA DEL SARTO (1487-1531)

ANDREA MOROSINI (1558-1618)

GIOVANNI ANDREA (1275-1348)

ANDREA ANDREANI

KARL ANDREE (1808-1875)

SALOMON AUGUST ANDREE (1854-1897 ?)

FRANCESCO ANDREINI

JUAN ANDRES (1740-1817)

ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)

ANDREW OF LONGJUMEAU (Longumeau, Lonjumel, &c.)

JOHN ALBION ANDREW (1818-1867)

LANCELOT ANDREWES (1555-1626)

JAMES PETTIT ANDREWS (c. 1737–1797)

THOMAS ANDREWS (1813–1885)

BERTRAND ANDRIEU (1761–1822)

FRANCOIS GUILLAUME JEAN STANISLAS ANDRIEUX (1759–1833)

ANDRON (Gr. aPbp n')

ANDRONICUS OF CYRRHUS

ANDRONICUS OF RHODES (c. 70 B.C.)

ANDROPHAGI (Gr. for " man-eaters ")

SIR EDMUND ANDROS (1637-1714)

ANDROS, or ANDRO

ANDROTION (c. 350 B.c.)

ANDUJAR (the anc. Slilurgi)

ANECDOTE (from av-, privative, and isSLSwµu, to give out or publish)

DOMINIQUE ANEL (1679-1730)

ANEMOMETER (from Gr. aveµos, wind, and . rpov, a measure)

ANENCLETUS, or ANACLETUS

ANEURIN, or ANEIRIN

ANEURYSM, or ANEURISM (from Gr. avebpuvµa, a dilatation)

ANFRACTUOSITY (from Lat. anfractuosus, winding)

ANGARIA (from ayyapos, the Greek form of a Babylonian word adopted in Persian for " mounted courier ")

ANGARY (Lat. jus angariae; Fr. droit d'angarie; Ger. Angarie; from the Gr. ayyapeia, the office of an ayyapos, courier or messenger)

FRA ANGELICO (1387–1455)

GEORGE THORNDIKE ANGELL (1823-1909)

ANGELUS SILESIUS (1624-1677)

JOHN JULIUS ANGERSTEIN (1735-1822)

ANGILBERT (d. 814)

ANGINA PECTORIS (Latin for " pain of the chest ")

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

ARTHUR ANNESLEY ANGLESEY

HENRY WILLIAM PAGET ANGLESEY

ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA

ANGLICAN COMMUNION

ANGORA, or ENGURI

DUKE OF CHARLES DE VALOIS ANGOULEME (1573-1650)

ANGRA, or ANGRA

ANDERS JONAS ANGSTROM (1814-1874)

FRANCOIS ANGUIER (c. 1604—1669)

ANGUILLA, or SNAKE

ANGULATE (Lat. angulus, an angle)

ANI (anc. Abnicum)

ANILINE, PHENYLADIINE, or AMINOBENZENE, (C6H5NH2)

ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

ANIMISM (from animus, or anima, mind or soul)

GIOVANNI ANIMUCCIA

ANISE (Pimpinella Anisum)

ANKYLOSIS, or ANCYYLOSIS (from Gr. ayKVXos, bent, crooked)

ANKYLOSTOMIASIS

ANNA (Hindustani ana)

ANNA AMALIA (1739–1807)

ANNA LEOPOLDOVNA

BALDASARRE ANNA

ANNALISTS (from Lat. annas, year; hence annales, sc. libri, annual records)

ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

ANNATES (Lat. annatae, from annus, " year ")

ANNE (1665-1714)

ANNE (1693-1740)

ANNE OF BRITTANY (1477-1514)

ANNE OF CLEVES (1515-1557)

ANNE OF DENMARK (1574-1619)

ANNE OF FRANCE (1460-1522)

HARDENING AND ANNEALING

PETER ANNET (1693–1769)

ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

MARY ANNING (1799—1847)

ANNO, or HANNO, SAINT (c. Toro—ro75)

ANNOBON, or ANNO

ANNONA (from Lat. annul, year)

ANNOTATED LIST OF

ANNOY (like the French ennui, a word traced by etymologists to a Lat. phrase, in odio esse, to be " in hatred " or hateful of someone)

ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

ANNULATE ANNULAR

GABRIELE ANNUNZIO

ANODYNE (from Gr. av-, privative, and oSi vo, pain)

ANOMALY (from Gr. lwvw)

ANORTHIC SERIES

LOUIS PIERRE ANQUETIL (1723-18o8)

ANSA (from Lat. ansa, a handle)

RICHARD ANSDELL (1815-1885)

ANSELM (c. 1033-1109)

ANSELME (Father Anselme of the Virgin Mary) (1625-1694)

BARON GEORGE ANSON ANSON (1697-1762)

DAVID THOMAS ANSTED (1814—188o)

CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY (1724—1805)

ANSTRUTHER (locally pronounced Anster)

ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

ANTAE (a Lat. plural word, possibly from ante, before)

ANTARCTIC (Gr. &vri, opposite, and apKTos, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

ANTEMNAE (Lat. ante amnem, sc. Anienem; Varro, Ling. Lat. v. 28)

ANTEQUERA (the ancient Anticaria)

ANTHELION (late Gr. avOil]uos, opposite the sun)

ANTHEMION (from the Gr. h.v8Epaw, a flower)

ANTHIM THE IBERIAN

CHARLES ANTHON (1797-1867)

SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA (1195-1231)

SUSAN BROWNELL ANTHONY (1820-1906)

ANTHOZOA (i.e. " flower-animals ")

ANTHRACENE (from the Greek avOpa, coal)

ANTHRACITE (Gr. avOpaE, coal)

ANTHRACOTHERIUM (” coal-animal,” so called from the fact of the remains first described having been obtained from the Tertiary lignite-beds of Europe)

C14H802 ANTHRAQUINONE

ANTHRAX (the Greek for " coal,” or " carbuncle," so called by the ancients because they regarded it as burning like coal; cf. the French equivalent charbon; also known as fievre charbonneuse, Milzbrand, splenic fever, and malignant pustule)

ANTHROPOID APES, or MANLIKE APES

ANTHROPOLOGY (Gr. avOpw1ror man, and Xoyos, theory or science)

ANTHROPOMETRY (Gr. avOpwnros, man, and Air poi', measure)

ANTHROPOMORPHISM (Gr. &vOponros, man, ,uopcb , form)

ANTICHRIST (avrixpu ros)

ANTICLIMAX (i.e. the opposite to " climax ")

ANTICYCLONE (i.e. opposite to a cyclone)

ANTIGONUS CYCLOPS (or MONOPTHALMOS; so called from his having lost an eye) (382–301 B.C.)

ANTIGONUS GONATAS (c. 319–239 B.C.)

ANTIGONUS OF CARYSTUS (in Euboea)

ANTILEGOMENA (avnXeyo va, contradicted or disputed)

ANTIMONY (symbol Sb, atomic weight 120.2)

ANTINOMIANS (Gr. avri, against, v6 tos, law)

ANTINOMY (Gr. avri, against, v6uos, law)

ANTIOCH IN PISIDIA

ANTIOCHUS OF ASCALON (1st century B.C.)

ANTIOCHUS OF SYRACUSE

ANTIPAROS (anc. Oliaros)

ANTIPATER (398?-319 B.C.)

ANTIPHONY (Gr. avri, and Owl?, a voice)

ANTIPODES (Gr. avri, opposed to, and 7r6 es, feet)

ANTIPYRINE (phenyldimethyl pyrazolone) (C11H12NZO)

ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

ANTISEPTICS (Gr. avrl, against, and 6177rrnKor, putrefactive)

ANTISTHENES (c. 444–365 B.C.)

ANTITHESIS (the Greek for " setting opposite ")

ANTITYPE (Gr. avriruaos)

ANTIUM (mod. Anzio)

ANTIVARI (Montenegrin Bar, so called by the Venetians from its position opposite Bari in Italy)

ANTOINE CESAR BECQUEREL (1788-1878)

ANTOINE HENRI BECQUEREL (1852-1908)

ANDRE ANTOINE (1858- )

GIACOMO ANTONELLI (1806-1876)

ANTONELLO DA MESSINA (c. 1430-1479)

ANTONINI ITINERARIUM

ANTONINUS LIBERALIS

ANTONINUS PIUS [TITUs AURELIUS FULVUS Boionrus ARRIUS ANTONINUS] (A.D. 86-161)

SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI ANTONINUS

ANTONIO (1429—1498)

ANTONIO DE LEBRIJA [ANTONIUS NEBRISSENSIS]

ANTONIO VIVARINI (Antonio of Murano)

NICOLAS ANTONIO (1617-1684)

COMTE EMMANUEL HENRI LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE LAUNAY ANTRAIGUES

1ST EARL OF RANDAL MACDONNELL ANTRIM (d. 1636)

1ST MARQUESS OF RANDAL MACDONNELL ANTRIM (1609-1683)

ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

ANUBIS (in Egyptian Anap, written Inpw in hieroglyphs)

ANVIL (from Anglo-Saxon anfilt or onfilti, either that on which something is " welded " or " folded," cf. German falzen, to fold, or connected with other Teutonic forms of the word, cf. German amboss, in which case the final syllable is from " beat," and

ANWARI [Auhad-uddin Ali Anwari]

ANWEILER, or ANNWEILER

LUDWIG ANZENGRUBER (1839-1889)

AORIST (from Gr. abpOrror, indefinite)

AOSTA (anc. Augusta Praetoria Salassorum)

APACHE (apparently from the Zuni name, = " enemy," given to the Navaho Indians)

APALACHEE (apparently a Choctaw name, = "people on the other side ")

APATURIA ('Airarobpea)

APE (Old Eng. ape; Dutch aap; Old Ger. a ffo; Welsh epa; Old Bohemian op; a word of uncertain origin, possibly an imitation of the animal's chatter)

APENNINES (Gr. 'A1T- vvLvos, Lat. Appenninus—in both cases used in the singular)

APERTURE (from Lat. aperire, to open)

APHELION (from Gr. asro, from, and Otter, sun)

APHEMIA (from Gr. a, without, and 4 nµrl, speech)

APHIDES (pl. of Aphis)

APHORISM (from the Gr. a4oA'ecv, to define)

APHRAATES (a Greek form of the Persian name Aphraha>: or Pharhadh)

AELIUS APHTHONIUS

APICULTURE (from Lat. apis, a bee)

APNOEA (Gr. airvoia, from a-, privative, avEOiv, to breathe)

APOCALYPSE (Gr. aaoKaXvti/hr, disclosure)

KNIGHTS OF THE APOCALYPSE

APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE

APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE

APODICTIC (Gr. aroSeucTLK6r, capable of demonstration)

CAIUS SOLLIUS APOLLINARIS SIDONIUS (c. 430–487 or 488)

SULPICIUS APOLLINARIS

APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

APOLLONIUS MOLON (sometimes called simply MOLON)

APOLLONIUS OF PERGA [PERGAEUS]

APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (RHOD1us)

APOLLONIUS OF TRALLES (in Caria)

APOLLONIUS OF TYANA

APOLLONIUS OF TYRE

APOLLOS ('AsroXXc i; contracted from Apollonius)

APOLOGUE (from the Gr. &rroXoyos, a statement or account)

APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

APONEUROSIS (Gr. limb, away, and vei pov, a sinew)

APOPHTHEGM (from the Gr. It rogOey ya)

APOPHYGE (Gr. aaoda yit, a flying off)