Antilogous pole(Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.

Antilogy
(An*til"o*gy) n.; pl. Antilogies [Gr. 'antilogi`a, fr. 'anti`logos contradictory; 'anti` against + le`gein to speak.] A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. Sir W. Hamilton.

Anti-federalist
(An`ti-fed"er*al*ist) n. One of party opposed to a federative government; — applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.

Antifriction
(An`ti*fric"tion) n. Something to lessen friction; antiattrition.a. Tending to lessen friction.

Antigalastic
(An`ti*ga*las"tic) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. milk.] Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

Anti-Gallican
(An`ti-Gal"li*can) a. Opposed to what is Gallic or French.

Antigraph
(An"ti*graph) n. [Gr. a transcribing: cf. F. antigraphe.] A copy or transcript.

Antiguggler
(An`ti*gug"gler) n. [Pref. anti- + guggle or gurgle.] A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.

Antihelix
(An`ti*he"lix) n. (Anat.) The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear.

Antihemorrhagic
(An`ti*hem`or*rhag"ic) a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage.n. A remedy for hemorrhage.

Antihydrophobic
(An`ti*hy`dro*phob"ic) a. (Med.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.n. A remedy for hydrophobia.

Antihydropic
(An`ti*hy*drop"ic) a. (Med.) Good against dropsy.n. A remedy for dropsy.

Antihypnotic
(An`ti*hyp*not"ic) a. (Med.) Tending to prevent sleep.n. An antihypnotic agent.

Antihypochondriac
(An`ti*hyp`o*chon"dri*ac) a. (Med.) Counteractive of hypochondria.n. A remedy for hypochondria.

Antihysteric
(An`ti*hys*ter"ic) a. (Med.) Counteracting hysteria.n. A remedy for hysteria.

Antiicteric
(An`ti*ic*ter"ic) a. (Med.) Good against jaundice.n. A remedy for jaundice.

Antilegomena
(||An`ti*le*gom"e*na) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. against + to speak; part. pass. .] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

Antilibration
(An`ti*li*bra"tion) n. A balancing; equipoise. [R.] De Quincey.

Antilithic
(An`ti*lith"ic) a. (Med.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.n. An antilithic medicine.

Antilogarithm
(An`ti*log"a*rithm) n. (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine.An`ti*log`a*rith"mic a.

Antilogous
(An*til"o*gous) a. Of the contrary name or character; — opposed to analogous.


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