Index of English words, starting with "an"

(1) - Anthropography (n.) That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.

(1) - Anthropoid (n.) An anthropoid ape.
(2) - Anthropoid (a.) Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla.

(1) - Anthropologist (n.) One who is versed in anthropology.

(1) - Anthropology (n.) That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.
(2) - Anthropology (n.) The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.
(3) - Anthropology (n.) The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

(1) - Anthropometric (a.) Alt. of Anthropometrical