Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

Aneroid
(An"e*roid), n. An aneroid barometer.

Anes
(Anes) adv. Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Anesthesia
(||An`es*the"si*a) n., Anesthetic
(An`es*thet"ic) a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic.

Anemony
(A*nem"o*ny) n. See Anemone. Sandys.

Anemorphilous
(An`e*morph"i*lous) a. [Gr. 'a`nemos wind + fi`los lover.] (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of the wind; — said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized. Lubbock.

Anemoscope
(A*nem"o*scope) n. [Gr. wind + - scope: cf. F. anémoscope.] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; — usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

Anencephalic
(An*en`ce*phal"ic An`en*ceph"a*lous) a. [Gr. priv. + the brain: cf. Encephalon.] (Zoöl.) Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B.

Anenst
(A*nenst" A*nent") prep. [OE. anent, anentis, anence, anens, anents, AS. onefen, onemn; an, on, on + efen even, equal; hence meaning, on an equality with, even with, beside. See Even, a.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

1. Over against; as, he lives anent the church.

2. About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.

Anenterous
(An*en"ter*ous) a. [Gr. 'an priv. + intestine, within, in.] (Zoöl.) Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.

Aneroid
(An"e*roid) a. [Gr. 'a priv. + nhro`s wet, moist + -oid: cf. F. anéroïde.] Containing no liquid; — said of a kind of barometer.


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