dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/anu_MW.json
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{
"anusvara":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Sanskrit postvocalic nasal sound or group of sounds occurring in the interior of a morpheme only before \u015b, \u1e63, s , or h and at the end of a morpheme only before an initial consonant of a following morpheme":[],
": a sign used in writing Sanskrit to represent the anusvara sound or sounds and in some manuscripts and editions certain other postvocalic nasal sounds":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Sanskrit anusv\u0101ra- , from anu- \"after, along\" + sv\u0101ra- \"sound, accent,\" lengthened-grade noun derivative of svarati \"(s/he) sounds, sings\"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccan\u0259s\u02c8v\u00e4r\u0259",
"\u02cc\u00e4n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130436",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the posterior opening of the digestive tract":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101-n\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Human studies have found that baby boys who were exposed to higher phthalate levels during fetal development had shorter distances between their anuses and genitals \u2014 a measure linked to lower testosterone levels and semen quality later in life. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Wombats have roundish anuses , just like the rest of us mammals. \u2014 Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics , 20 Nov. 2018",
"Overall, then, evolution easily could have done a U-turn long ago and developed fancier folds around our anuses for rectal talking. \u2014 Sam Kean, Slate Magazine , 24 July 2017",
"An estimated 80 million in the U.S. have HPV, which is usually cleared by the immune system but causes most cervical cancers and some cancers of the anus and throat. \u2014 Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle , 28 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin \u0101nus \"ring, anus,\" perhaps going back to an Indo-European base *h 1 eh 2 n-o-, whence also, with different suffixation, Old Irish \u00e1inne \"ring,\" Armenian anur, genitive-dative anroy \"ring, necklace, collar\"":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112059"
},
"anury":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": absence of a tail":[
"the inheritance of anury in mice"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8any\u0259r\u0113",
"-ri"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"an- + Greek oura tail + English -y":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143201"
},
"anurous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having no tail":[
"anurous toads",
"anurous frogs"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r\u0259s",
"a\u02c8-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"an- + -urous, -ourous":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150336"
},
"anuria":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": absence or defective excretion of urine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8nyu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259",
"-\u02c8nu\u0307r-",
"\u0259-\u02c8n(y)u\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259, a-",
"a-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"an- + -uria , perhaps after German Anurie":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1813, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-012515"
},
"anucleolate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking a cell nucleolus":[
"These findings were corroborated by the anucleolate mutant, which served as a control, since it lacks ribosomal RNA genes.",
"\u2014 Walter J. Gehring , Master Control Genes in Development and Evolution \u2026 , 1998"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u0259-",
"-l\u0259t",
"(\u02c8)\u0101-n(y)\u00fc-\u02c8kl\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 2 + nucleol(us) + -ate entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110929"
},
"anuran":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of an order (Anura) of amphibians comprising the frogs, toads, and tree frogs all of which lack a tail in the adult stage and have long hind limbs often suited to leaping and swimming":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8nu\u0307r-",
"\u0259-\u02c8nyu\u0307r-\u0259n",
"a-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wood frogs, spring peepers and grey tree frogs can be heard in many parks, as well, though the noisy anurans grow quiet as humans approach. \u2014 cleveland , 27 Mar. 2020",
"One of the most striking types of anuran , the variable harlequin frog, is on the brink of extinction. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 2 Feb. 2018",
"Some of the most remarkable organisms in the forest are frogs and toads ( anurans ), 170 separate species of which call Panama their home. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 2 Feb. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ultimately from Greek a- + oura tail \u2014 more at ass":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-125752"
},
"anucleate":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking a cell nucleus":[
"anucleate keratinocytes",
"anucleated red blood cells"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u0101-\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-kl\u0113-\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"anucleate from a- entry 2 + nucleate \"having a nucleus\" (from nucleus + -ate entry 3 ; anucleated from a- entry 2 + nucleus + -ated )":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-134728"
},
"Anuradhapura":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in north central Sri Lanka; an ancient capital of Ceylon population 37,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8nu\u0307r-\u0259-d\u0259-\u02ccpu\u0307r-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145743"
},
"anubis baboon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": olive baboon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from the fancied resemblance of the animal to representations of anubis , after its specific epithet (earlier Cynocephalus anubis )":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010454"
},
"anunder":{
"type":[
"preposition"
],
"definitions":{
": under":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8n\u0259n(d)\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from an, on on + under":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-024028"
},
"Anubis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a jackal-headed god in Egyptian mythology who leads the dead to judgment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8ny\u00fc-",
"\u0259-\u02c8n\u00fc-b\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from Greek Anoubis , from Egyptian inpw":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070011"
},
"anubing":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several trees of the genus Artocarpus":[],
": the wood of the anubing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4n\u00fc\u02ccbi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Tagalog anub\u00edng":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155039"
},
"anu":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a South American herb ( Tropaeolum tuberosum ) cultivated for its edible tubers":[],
": the tuber produced by the anu":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccny\u00fc",
"\u02c8a-",
"\u02c8\u00e4\u02ccn\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish a\u00f1\u00fa , from Quechua a\u00f1u":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180029"
}
}