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‖n. [ L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See anger, n. ] 1. (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Med.) Any spasmodic severe suffocative pain. [ AS ]

3. (Med.) Angina pectoris. [ AS ]

Angina pectoris Chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia precipitated by exertion and relieved by rest. It is so called because the pain is accompanied by a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adj. (Med.) Of or pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
Syn. -- anginal, anginose, anginous [ WordNet 1.5 + AS ]

{ } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris; anginal. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

[ Gr. 'aggei^on vessel receptacle. ] A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an angiocarp; angiocarpous.
Syn. -- angiocarpous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Angio- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.
Syn. -- angiocarpic [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) [ angio- + Gr. gra`mma a writing. ] An X-ray photograph produced by angiography. AS [ PJC ]

n. [ Angio- + -graphy: cf. F. angiographie. ] 1. (Anat.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A diagnostic procedure in which the location and size of blood vessels may be visualized by taking an X-ray photograph after injecting a radiopaque substance into the blood stream. AS [ PJC ]

n. [ Angio- + -logy. ] (Anat.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. -omata /plu>. [ NL.; angio- + -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor composed chiefly of blood or lymph vessels. -- an`gi*om"a*tous a. AS [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]

a. [ Angio- + monospermous. ] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Med.) Neuropathy of the neurons innervating blood vessels. Called also Angioneurosis, Vasomotor neurosis, Vasoneurosis. [ AS ]

2. (Med) Angiopathic neuropathy. [ AS ]

‖n. [ NL.; angio- + neurosis. ] (Med.) Angioneuropathy{ 1 }. The term angioneuropathy is now used more frequently than angioneurosis. -- An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to angiopathy. [ AS ]

Angiopathic neuropathy (Med.), A condition characterized by arteritis of the blood vessels supplying neurons. [ AS ]

n. [ Angio- + Gr. pa`qos disease. ] (Med.) Disease of the vessels, esp. the blood vessels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. 1 a highly variable species (Angiopteris evecta) of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall.
Syn. -- giant fern [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Angio- + -scope. ] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Angio- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, seed. ] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with gymnosperm. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Same as Angiospermous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Angio- + spore. ] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Angio- + Gr. &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Angio- + Gr. &unr_; a cutting. ] (Anat.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of arranging a piece of music.
Syn. -- arrangement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Huge; great in size. [ Colloq. ] Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. boulangisme. ] The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

adj. of or pertaining to the Carangidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any fish of the family Carangidae, including the cavallas, jacks, pompanos and scads. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
Syn. -- family Carangidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. emitting a series of clangs, as of metal objects colliding.
Syn. -- clangorous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Endo- + lymphangial. ] (Anat.) Within a lymphatic vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. évangile. See Evangel. ] Good tidings; evangel. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Above all, the Servians . . . read, with much avidity, the evangile of their freedom. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. frangibilité. ] The state or quality of being frangible. Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. frangible. ] Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. frangipane; supposed to be called so from the inventor, the Marquis Frangipani, major general under Louis XIV. ] 1. A perfume of jasmine; frangipani. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.

{ , n. [ Another spelling of frangipane. ] A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria.

n. (Biol.) A cell or organ in which gametes develop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n.

‖n.; pl. L. Gonangia E. Gonangiums [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; vessel. ] (Zool.) See Gonotheca. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. “What a hanging face!” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. --
Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. --
Hanging indentation. See under Indentation. --
Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. --
Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. --
Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. --
Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. --
Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Death by suspension; execution by a halter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + grangible: cf. F. infrangible. ] 1. Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] link'd their fetlocks with a golden band
Infrangible. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be infringed or violated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Intangibilities [ Cf. F. intangibilité. ] The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + tangible: cf. F. intangible. ] Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall.

-- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]