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   Aeneas
         n 1: a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan
               side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid

English Dictionary: amuck by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ahimsa
n
  1. a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amass
v
  1. collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
    Synonym(s): accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
  2. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
    Synonym(s): roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amaze
v
  1. affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
    Synonym(s): amaze, astonish, astound
  2. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    Synonym(s): perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
AMEX
n
  1. a stock exchange in New York [syn: {American Stock Exchange}, AMEX, Curb]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amigo
n
  1. a friend or comrade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amish
n
  1. an American follower of the Mennonite religion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amiss
adv
  1. away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
    Synonym(s): awry, amiss
  2. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; "if you think him guilty you judge amiss"; "he spoke amiss"; "no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"
  3. in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen
    Synonym(s): imperfectly, amiss
    Antonym(s): perfectly
adj
  1. not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
    Synonym(s): amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amnesia
n
  1. partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"
    Synonym(s): amnesia, memory loss, blackout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amnic
adj
  1. of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion; "amniotic membrane"
    Synonym(s): amniotic, amnionic, amnic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amnios
n
  1. thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
    Synonym(s): amnion, amniotic sac, amnios
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amok
adv
  1. wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"
    Synonym(s): amok, amuck
  2. in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"
    Synonym(s): amok, amuck, murderously
adj
  1. frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"
    Synonym(s): amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amos
n
  1. a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
  2. an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies
    Synonym(s): Amos, Book of Amos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amuck
adv
  1. wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"
    Synonym(s): amok, amuck
  2. in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"
    Synonym(s): amok, amuck, murderously
adj
  1. frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"
    Synonym(s): amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amuse
v
  1. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"
    Synonym(s): amuse, divert, disport
  2. make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amyxia
n
  1. a condition in which no mucus in produced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Anas
n
  1. type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks [syn: Anas, genus Anas]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Anasa
n
  1. squash bugs
    Synonym(s): Anasa, genus Anasa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ANG
n
  1. a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies
    Synonym(s): Air National Guard, ANG
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anise
n
  1. native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
    Synonym(s): anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum
  2. liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors
    Synonym(s): anise, aniseed, anise seed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Anjou
n
  1. a former province of western France in the Loire valley
  2. a pear with firm flesh and a green skin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annex
n
  1. an addition that extends a main building [syn: annex, annexe, extension, wing]
v
  1. take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
  2. attach to
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annexa
n
  1. accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo); "Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus"
    Synonym(s): adnexa, annexa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annexe
n
  1. an addition that extends a main building [syn: annex, annexe, extension, wing]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anoxia
n
  1. severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ANS
n
  1. the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
    Synonym(s): autonomic nervous system, ANS
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anus
n
  1. the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anyways
adv
  1. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
    Synonym(s): anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Anzio
n
  1. a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
awayness
n
  1. the state of being elsewhere than in particular place
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
awing
adj
  1. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
    Synonym(s): amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moxa \Mox"a\, n. [A corruption of Japan. mogusa (pronounced
      mongsa), an escharotic made from the plant yomigi: cf. F.
      moxa.]
      1. (Med.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves
            of {Artemisia Chinensis}, and used as a cautery by burning
            it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like
            manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou.
  
      2. (Bot.) A plant from which this substance is obtained, esp.
            {Artemisia Chinensis}, and {A. moxa}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89neous \A*[89]"ne*ous\, a. [L. a[89]neus.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Colored like bronze.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amass \A*mass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amassed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Amassing}.] [F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump,
      mass. See {Mass}.]
      To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity
      of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to
      amass words or phrases.
  
               The life Homer has been written by amassing all the
               traditions and hints the writers could meet with.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      Syn: To accumulate; heap up; pile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amass \A*mass"\, n. [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.]
      A mass; a heap. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amaze \A*maze"\, v. i.
      To be astounded. [Archaic] --B. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amaze \A*maze"\, v. t.
      Bewilderment, arising from fear, surprise, or wonder;
      amazement. [Chiefly poetic]
  
               The wild, bewildered Of one to stone converted by
               amaze.                                                   --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amaze \A*maze"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Amazing}.] [Pref. a- + maze.]
      1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.]
  
                     A labyrinth to amaze his foes.            --Shak.
  
      2. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to
            overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.
            [bd]Amazing Europe with her wit.[b8] --Goldsmith.
  
                     And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not
                     this the son of David?                        --Matt. xii.
                                                                              23.
  
      Syn: To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex;
               surprise.
  
      Usage: {Amaze}, {Astonish}. Amazement includes the notion of
                  bewilderment of difficulty accompanied by surprise. It
                  expresses a state in which one does not know what to
                  do, or to say, or to think. Hence we are amazed at
                  what we can not in the least account for. Astonishment
                  also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which
                  one is stunned by the vastness or greatness of
                  something, or struck with some degree of horror, as
                  when one is overpowered by the [?]normity of an act,
                  etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amess \Am"ess\, n. (Eccl.)
      Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d {Amice}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amic \Am"ic\, a. [L. ammonia + -ic.] (Chem.)
      Related to, or derived, ammonia; -- used chiefly as a suffix;
      as, amic acid; phosphamic acid.
  
      {Amic acid} (Chem.), one of a class of nitrogenized acids
            somewhat resembling amides.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amice \Am"ice\, n. [OE. amyse, prob. for amyt, OF. amit, ameit,
      fr. L. amictus cloak, the word being confused with amice,
      almuce, a hood or cape. See next word.]
      A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now
      about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman
      Catholic Church while saying Mass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amice \Am"ice\, n. [OE. amuce, amisse, OF. almuce, aumuce, F.
      aumusse, LL. almucium, almucia, aumucia: of unknown origin;
      cf. G. m[81]tze cap, prob. of the same origin. Cf.
      {Mozetta}.] (Eccl.)
      A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur,
      formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss,
      and almuce.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amish \Am"ish\, n. pl. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
      The Amish Mennonites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amish \Am"ish\, a. [Written also {Omish}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob
      Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even
      proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as [bd]worldly
      conformity[b8]. There are several branches of Amish
      Mennonites in the United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amiss \A*miss"\, n.
      A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
  
               Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amiss \A*miss"\, adv. [Pref. a- + miss.]
      Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
  
               What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? --Shak.
  
               Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. --James
                                                                              iv. 3.
  
      {To take (an act, thing) amiss}, to impute a wrong motive to
            (an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly;
            as, you must not take these questions amiss.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amiss \A*miss"\ ([adot]*m[icr]s"), a.
      Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be
      amiss to ask advice.
  
      Note: [Used only in the predicate.] --Dryden.
  
                        His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that
                        which is amiss in himself or his circumstances.
                                                                              --Wollaston.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amnios \Am"ni*os\, n.
      Same as {Amnion}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amuck \A*muck"\ ([adot]*m[ucr]k"), a. & adv. [Malay amoq
      furious.]
      In a frenzied and reckless manner.
  
      {To run amuck}, to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the
            Malays sometimes do under the influence of [bd]bhang,[b8]
            and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail
            recklessly and indiscriminately.
  
                     Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run
                     amuck, and tilt at all I meet.            --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amuse \A*muse"\ ([adot]*m[umac]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amused}
      ([adot]*m[umac]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Amusing}.] [F. amuser
      to make stay, to detain, to amuse, [agrave] (L. ad) + OF.
      muser. See {Muse}, v.]
      1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep
            thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.]
  
                     Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in
                     receiving their gold.                        --Holland.
  
                     Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could
                     not find the house.                           --Fuller.
  
      2. To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with
            pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
  
                     A group of children amusing themselves with pushing
                     stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as
                     they plunged into the lake.               --Gilpin.
  
      3. To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
  
                     He amused his followers with idle promises.
                                                                              --Johnson.
  
      Syn: To entertain; gratify; please; divert; beguile; deceive;
               occupy.
  
      Usage: To {Amuse}, {Divert}, {Entertain}. We are amused by
                  that which occupies us lightly and pleasantly. We are
                  entertained by that which brings our minds into
                  agreeable contact with others, as conversation, or a
                  book. We are diverted by that which turns off our
                  thoughts to something of livelier interest, especially
                  of a sportive nature, as a humorous story, or a
                  laughable incident.
  
                           Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the
                           faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever
                           entertains usually awakens the understanding or
                           gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts is lively
                           in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its
                           effects.                                       --Crabb.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amuse \A*muse"\, v. i.
      To muse; to mediate. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amyous \Am"y*ous\ ([acr]m"[icr]*[ucr]s), a. [Gr. 'a`myos.]
      (Med.)
      Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Amyss \Am"yss\ ([acr]m"[icr]s), n.
      Same as {Amice}, a hood or cape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   An91mic \A*n[91]m"ic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to an[91]mia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Anakim \[d8]An"a*kim\, Anaks \A"naks\, n. pl. [Heb.] (Bibl.)
      A race of giants living in Palestine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   -ance \-ance\ [F. -ance, fr. L. -antia and also fr. -entia.]
      A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as,
      assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See {-ancy}.
  
      Note: All recently adopted words of this class take either
               -ance or -ence, according to the Latin spelling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   -ancy \-an*cy\ [L. -antia.]
      A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of
      quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anes \Anes\ ([amac]nz), adv.
      Once. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Angio- \An"gi*o-\ ([acr]n"j[icr]*[osl]-). [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anigh \A*nigh"\, prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + nigh.]
      Nigh. [Archaic]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anise \An"ise\ ([acr]n"[icr]s), n. [OE. anys, F. anis, L.
      anisum, anethum, fr. Gr. 'a`nison, 'a`nhqon.]
      1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Pimpinella anisum})
            growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain,
            Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
  
      2. The fruit or seeds of this plant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ankh \Ankh\, n. [Egypt.] (Egypt. Arch[91]ol.)
      A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or
      sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life.
      Called also {crux ansata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Annex \An*nex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annexed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Annexing}.] [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere
      to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together,
      akin to Skr. nah to bind.]
      1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to
            append; -- followed by to. [bd]He annexed a codicil to a
            will.[b8] --Johnson.
  
      2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
  
                     He annexed a province to his kingdom. --Johnson.
  
      3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.;
            as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to
            guilt.
  
      Syn: To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See {Add}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Annex \An*nex"\, v. i.
      To join; to be united. --Tooke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Annex \An*nex"\, n. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p.
      of annectere.]
      Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation
      to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a
      wing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Annoyous \An*noy"ous\, a. [OF. enuius, anoios.]
      Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ansa \[d8]An"sa\, n.; pl. {Ans[91]}. [L., a handle.] (Astron.)
      A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's
      ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anyway \A"ny*way\, Anyways \A"ny*ways\, adv.
      Anywise; at all. --Tennyson. Southey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Anywise \A"ny*wise\, adv.
      In any wise or way; at all. [bd]Anywise essential.[b8]
      --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Awing \A*wing"\, adv. [Pref. a- + wing.]
      On the wing; flying; fluttering. --Wallace.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Awing}.]
      To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
      control by inspiring dread.
  
               That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
  
               His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
               bystanders.                                             --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ayen \A*yen"\, Ayein \A*yein"\, Ayeins \A*yeins"\, adv. & prep.
      [OE. [?], [?]. See {Again}.]
      Again; back against. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ahmeek, MI (village, FIPS 620)
      Location: 47.29793 N, 88.39703 W
      Population (1990): 148 (125 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ames, IA (city, FIPS 1855)
      Location: 42.02335 N, 93.62562 W
      Population (1990): 47198 (16058 housing units)
      Area: 50.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50010
   Ames, KS
      Zip code(s): 66931
   Ames, NE
      Zip code(s): 68621
   Ames, NY (village, FIPS 1737)
      Location: 42.83565 N, 74.60300 W
      Population (1990): 166 (68 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13317
   Ames, OK (town, FIPS 1950)
      Location: 36.24775 N, 98.18638 W
      Population (1990): 268 (125 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73718
   Ames, TX (city, FIPS 3072)
      Location: 30.04693 N, 94.73773 W
      Population (1990): 989 (388 housing units)
      Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 77575

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Amigo, WV
      Zip code(s): 25811

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Anahuac, TX (city, FIPS 3144)
      Location: 29.76485 N, 94.67833 W
      Population (1990): 1993 (792 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Anco, KY
      Zip code(s): 41759

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Angie, LA (village, FIPS 2165)
      Location: 30.96395 N, 89.81581 W
      Population (1990): 235 (111 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 70426

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Aniak, AK (city, FIPS 3550)
      Location: 61.58074 N, 159.53912 W
      Population (1990): 540 (175 housing units)
      Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Anoka, MN (city, FIPS 1720)
      Location: 45.21040 N, 93.39007 W
      Population (1990): 17192 (6799 housing units)
      Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
   Anoka, NE (village, FIPS 1465)
      Location: 42.94692 N, 98.82988 W
      Population (1990): 10 (9 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Anza, CA
      Zip code(s): 92539

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   Amiga n   A series of personal computer models originally sold
   by Commodore, based on 680x0 processors, custom support chips and an
   operating system that combined some of the best features of
   Macintosh and Unix with compatibility with neither.
  
      The Amiga was released just as the personal computing world
   standardized on IBM-PC clones. This prevented it from gaining
   serious market share, despite the fact that the first Amigas had a
   substantial technological lead on the IBM XTs of the time. Instead,
   it acquired a small but zealous population of enthusiastic hackers
   who dreamt of one day unseating the clones (see {Amiga Persecution
   Complex}).   The traits of this culture are both spoofed and
   illuminated in The BLAZE Humor Viewer
   (http://www-ccsl.cs.umass.edu/~barrett/bm/Viewer_Sections/Main.HTML).
   The strength of the Amiga platform seeded a small industry of
   companies building software and hardware for the platform,
   especially in graphics and video applications (see {video toaster}).
  
      Due to spectacular mismanagement, Commodore did hardly any R&D,
   allowing the competition to close Amiga's technological lead.   After
   Commodore went bankrupt in 1994 the technology passed through
   several hands, none of whom did much with it.   However, the Amiga is
   still being produced in Europe under license and has a substantial
   number of fans, which will probably extend the platform's life
   considerably.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   ANSI /an'see/   1. n. [techspeak] The American National
   Standards Institute. ANSI, along with the International Organization
   for Standards (ISO), standardized the C programming language (see
   {K&R}, {Classic C}), and promulgates many other important software
   standards.   2. n. [techspeak] A terminal may be said to be `ANSI' if
   it meets the ANSI X.364 standard for terminal control.
   Unfortunately, this standard was both over-complicated and too
   permissive.   It has been retired and replaced by the ECMA-48
   standard, which shares both flaws.   3. n. [BBS jargon] The set of
   screen-painting codes that most MS-DOS and Amiga computers accept.
   This comes from the ANSI.SYS device driver that must be loaded on an
   MS-DOS computer to view such codes.   Unfortunately, neither DOS ANSI
   nor the BBS ANSIs derived from it exactly match the ANSI X.364
   terminal standard.   For example, the ESC-[1m code turns on the bold
   highlight on large machines, but in IBM PC/MS-DOS ANSI, it turns on
   `intense' (bright) colors.   Also, in BBS-land, the term `ANSI' is
   often used to imply that a particular computer uses or can emulate
   the IBM high-half character set from MS-DOS.   Particular use depends
   on context. Occasionally, the vanilla ASCII character set is used
   with the color codes, but on BBSs, ANSI and `IBM characters' tend to
   go together.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   AIMACO
  
      {AIr MAterial COmmand compiler}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Amiga
  
      A range of home computers first released by
      {Commodore Business Machines} in early 1985 (though they did
      not design the original - see below).   Amigas were popular for
      {games}, {video processing}, and {multimedia}.   One notable
      feature is a hardware {blitter} for speeding up graphics
      operations on whole areas of the screen.
  
      The Amiga was originally called the Lorraine, and was
      developed by a company named "Amiga" or "Amiga, Inc.", funded
      by some doctors to produce a killer game machine.   After the
      US game machine market collapsed, the Amiga company sold some
      {joysticks} but no Lorraines or any other computer.   They
      eventually floundered and looked for a buyer.
  
      Commodore at that time bought the (mostly complete) Amiga
      machine, infused some money, and pushed it through the final
      stages of development in a hurry.   Commodore released it
      sometime[?] in 1985.
  
      Most components within the machine were known by nicknames.
      The {coprocessor} commonly called the "Copper" is in fact the
      "{Video} Timing Coprocessor" and is split between two chips:
      the instruction fetch and execute units are in the "Agnus"
      chip, and the {pixel} timing circuits are in the "Denise" chip
      (A for address, D for data).
  
      "Agnus" and "Denise" were responsible for effects timed to the
      {real-time} position of the video scan, such as midscreen
      {palette} changes, {sprite multiplying}, and {resolution}
      changes.   Different versions (in order) were: "Agnus" (could
      only address 512K of {video RAM}), "Fat Agnus" (in a {PLCC}
      package, could access 1MB of video RAM), "Super Agnus"
      (slightly upgraded "Fat Agnus").   "Agnus" and "Fat Agnus" came
      in {PAL} and {NTSC} versions, "Super Agnus" came in one
      version, jumper selectable for PAL or NTSC.   "Agnus" was
      replaced by "Alice" in the A4000 and A1200, which allowed for
      more {DMA} channels and higher bus {bandwidth}.
  
      "Denise" outputs binary video data (3*4 bits) to the "Vidiot".
      The "Vidiot" is a hybrid that combines and amplifies the
      12-bit video data from "Denise" into {RGB} to the {monitor}.
  
      Other chips were "Amber" (a "flicker fixer", used in the A3000
      and Commodore display enhancer for the A2000), "Gary" ({I/O},
      addressing, G for {glue logic}), "Buster" (the {bus
      controller}, which replaced "Gary" in the A2000), "Buster II"
      (for handling the Zorro II/III cards in the A3000, which meant
      that "Gary" was back again), "Ramsey" (The {RAM} controller),
      "DMAC" (The DMA controller chip for the WD33C93 {SCSI adaptor}
      used in the A3000 and on the A2091/A2092 SCSI adaptor card for
      the A2000; and to control the {CD-ROM} in the {CDTV}), and
      "Paula" ({Peripheral}, Audio, {UART}, {interrupt} Lines, and
      {bus Arbiter}).
  
      There were several Amiga chipsets: the "Old Chipset" (OCS),
      the "Enhanced Chipset" (ECS), and {AGA}.   OCS included "Paula",
      "Gary", "Denise", and "Agnus".
  
      ECS had the same "Paula", "Gary", "Agnus" (could address 2MB
      of Chip RAM), "Super Denise" (upgraded to support "Agnus" so
      that a few new {screen modes} were available).   With the
      introduction of the {Amiga A600} "Gary" was replaced with
      "Gayle" (though the chipset was still called ECS).   "Gayle"
      provided a number of improvments but the main one was support
      for the A600's {PCMCIA} port.
  
      The AGA chipset had "Agnus" with twice the speed and a 24-bit
      palette, maximum displayable: 8 bits (256 colours), although
      the famous "{HAM}" (Hold And Modify) trick allows pictures of
      256,000 colours to be displayed.   AGA's "Paula" and "Gayle"
      were unchanged but AGA "Denise" supported AGA "Agnus"'s new
      screen modes.   Unfortunately, even AGA "Paula" did not support
      High Density {floppy disk drives}.   (The Amiga 4000, though,
      did support high density drives.)   In order to use a high
      density disk drive Amiga HD floppy drives spin at half the
      rotational speed thus halving the data rate to "Paula".
  
      Commodore Business Machines went bankrupt on 1994-04-29,
      the German company {Escom AG} bought the rights to the Amiga
      on 1995-04-21 and the Commodore Amiga became the Escom
      Amiga.   In April 1996 Escom were reported to be making the
      {Amiga} range again but they too fell on hard times and
      {Gateway 2000} (now called Gateway) bought the Amiga brand
      on 1997-05-15.
  
      Gateway licensed the Amiga operating system to a German
      hardware company called {Phase 5} on 1998-03-09.   The
      following day, Phase 5 announced the introduction of a
      four-processor {PowerPC} based Amiga {clone} called the
      "{pre\box}".   Since then, it has been announced that the
      new operating system will be a version of {QNX}.
  
      On 1998-06-25, a company called {Access Innovations Ltd}
      announced {plans (http://www.micktinker.co.uk/aaplus.html)} to
      build a new Amiga chip set, the {AA+}, based partly on the AGA
      chips but with new fully 32-bit functional core and 16-bit AGA
      {hardware register emulation} for {backward compatibility}.
      The new core promised improved memory access and video display
      DMA.
  
      By the end of 2000, Amiga development was under the control of
      a [new?] company called {Amiga, Inc.}.   As well as continuing
      development of AmigaOS (version 3.9 released in December
      2000), their "Digital Environment" is a {virtual machine} for
      multiple {platforms} conforming to the {ZICO} specification.
      As of 2000, it ran on {MIPS}, {ARM}, {PPC}, and {x86}
      processors.
  
      {Home (http://www.amiga.com/)}.
  
      {Amiga Web Directory (http://www.cucug.org/amiga.html)}.
  
      {amiCrawler (http://www.amicrawler.com/)}.
  
      Newsgroups: {news:comp.binaries.amiga},
      {news:comp.sources.amiga}, {news:comp.sys.amiga},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.advocacy},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.announce},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.applications},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.audio}, {news:comp.sys.amiga.datacomm},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.emulations}, {news:comp.sys.amiga.games},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.graphics},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.hardware},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.introduction},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.marketplace}, {news:comp.sys.amiga.misc},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.multimedia},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.programmer},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.reviews}, {news:comp.sys.amiga.tech},
      {news:comp.sys.amiga.telecomm}, {news:comp.Unix.amiga}.
  
      See {aminet}, {Amoeba}, {bomb}, {exec}, {gronk}, {guru
      meditation}, {Intuition}, {sidecar}, {slap on the side},
      {Vulcan nerve pinch}.
  
      (2003-07-05)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Amiga E
  
      An {Amiga} {E} {compiler} by Wouter van Oortmerssen.
  
      Amiga E compiles 20000 lines/minute on a 7 Mhz Amiga.   It
      allows {in-line} {assembly code} and has an integrated
      {linker}.   It has a large set of integrated functions and
      {modules}.   V2.04 includes as modules a flexible {type}
      system, quoted expressions, {immediate} and typed lists, low
      level {polymorphism} and {exception} handling.   It is written
      in {assembly language} and E.
  
      Version 2.1b
  
      {(ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/e/AmigaE21b.lha)}.
      {(ftp://amiga.physik.unizh.ch/amiga/dev/lang/AmigaE21b.lha)}.
  
      {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.sys.amiga.programmer}.
  
      (1997-08-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   AMS
  
      {Andrew Message System}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ANS
  
      {American National Standard}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ANSA
  
      {Advanced Network Systems Architecture}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ANSI
  
      {American National Standards Institute}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   any key
  
      The key that particularly confused {users}
      look for on their computer keyboards when instructed to "Press
      any key to continue".   "But my keyboard doesn't have a key
      labelled 'any'!".
  
      {Compaq FAQ
      (http://web14.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859)}.
  
      (2003-09-30)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Ahimaaz
      brother of anger = irascible. (1.) The father Ahinoam, the wife
      of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50).
     
         (2.) The son and successor of Zadok in the office of high
      priest (1 Chr. 6:8, 53). On the occasion of the revolt of
      Absalom he remained faithful to David, and was of service to him
      in conveying to him tidings of the proceedings of Absalom in
      Jerusalem (2 Sam. 15:24-37; 17:15-21). He was swift of foot, and
      was the first to carry to David tidings of the defeat of
      Absalom, although he refrained, from delicacy of feeling, from
      telling him of his death (2 Sam. 18:19-33).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Amasa
      burden. (1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (1 Chr.
      2:17; 2 Sam. 17:25). He was appointed by David to command the
      army in room of his cousin Joab (2 Sam. 19:13), who afterwards
      treacherously put him to death as a dangerous rival (2 Sam.
      20:4-12).
     
         (2.) A son of Hadlai, and chief of Ephraim (2 Chr. 28:12) in
      the reign of Ahaz.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Amasai
      burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of
      Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35).
     
         (2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the
      "stronghold," probably of Adullam (1 Chr. 12:18).
     
         (3.) One of the priests appointed to precede the ark with
      blowing of trumpets on its removal from the house of Obed-edom
      (1 Chr. 15:24).
     
         (4.) The father of a Levite, one of the two Kohathites who
      took a prominent part at the instance of Hezekiah in the
      cleansing of the temple (2 Chr. 29:12).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Amashai
      the son of Azareel, appointed by Nehemiah to reside at Jerusalem
      and do the work of the temple (Neh. 11:13).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Amasiah
      burden of (i.e., "sustained by") Jehovah, the "son of Zichri,
      who willingly offered himself unto the Lord," a captain over
      thousands under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:16; comp. Judg. 5:9).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Amaziah
      strengthened by Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the
      descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chr. 6:45).
     
         (2.) The son and successor of Joash, and eighth king of the
      separate kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 14:1-4). He began his reign
      by punishing the murderers of his father (5-7; 2 Chr. 25:3-5).
      He was the first to employ a mercenary army of 100,000 Israelite
      soldiers, which he did in his attempt to bring the Edomites
      again under the yoke of Judah (2 Chr. 25:5, 6). He was commanded
      by a prophet of the Lord to send back the mercenaries, which he
      did (2 Chr. 25:7-10, 13), much to their annoyance. His obedience
      to this command was followed by a decisive victory over the
      Edomites (2 Chr. 25:14-16). Amaziah began to worship some of the
      idols he took from the Edomites, and this was his ruin, for he
      was vanquished by Joash, king of Israel, whom he challenged to
      battle. The disaster he thus brought upon Judah by his
      infatuation in proclaiming war against Israel probably
      occasioned the conspiracy by which he lost his life (2 Kings
      14:8-14, 19). He was slain at Lachish, whither he had fled, and
      his body was brought upon horses to Jerusalem, where it was
      buried in the royal sepulchre (2 Kings 14:19, 20; 2 Chr. 25:27,
      28).
     
         (3.) A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17).
     
         (4.) The father of Joshah, one of the Simeonite chiefs in the
      time of Hezekiah (1 Chr. 4:34).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Amos
      borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a
      native of Tekota, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles
      south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a
      "prophet nor a prophet's son," but "an herdman and a dresser of
      sycomore trees," R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king
      of Judah, and was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea (Amos 1:1;
      7:14, 15; Zech. 14:5), who survived him a few years. Under
      Jeroboam II. the kingdom of Israel rose to the zenith of its
      prosperity; but that was followed by the prevalence of luxury
      and vice and idolatry. At this period Amos was called from his
      obscurity to remind the people of the law of God's retributive
      justice, and to call them to repentance.
     
         The Book of Amos consists of three parts:
     
         (1.) The nations around are summoned to judgment because of
      their sins (1:1-2:3). He quotes Joel 3:16.
     
         (2.) The spiritual condition of Judah, and especially of
      Israel, is described (2:4-6:14).
     
         (3.) In 7:1-9:10 are recorded five prophetic visions. (a) The
      first two (7:1-6) refer to judgments against the guilty people.
      (b) The next two (7:7-9; 8:1-3) point out the ripeness of the
      people for the threatened judgements. 7:10-17 consists of a
      conversation between the prophet and the priest of Bethel. (c)
      The fifth describes the overthrow and ruin of Israel (9:1-10);
      to which is added the promise of the restoration of the kingdom
      and its final glory in the Messiah's kingdom.
     
         The style is peculiar in the number of the allusions made to
      natural objects and to agricultural occupations. Other allusions
      show also that Amos was a student of the law as well as a "child
      of nature." These phrases are peculiar to him: "Cleanness of
      teeth" [i.e., want of bread] (4:6); "The excellency of Jacob"
      (6:8; 8:7); "The high places of Isaac" (7:9); "The house of
      Isaac" (7:16); "He that createth the wind" (4:13). Quoted, Acts
      7:42.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Amoz
      strong, the father of the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2, 20;
      20:1; Isa. 1:1; 2:1). As to his personal history little is
      positively known. He is supposed by some to have been the "man
      of God" spoken of in 2 Chr. 25:7, 8.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Anak
      long-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim (Josh. 15:13;
      21:11, Heb. _Anok_).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Anise
      This word is found only in Matt. 23:23. It is the plant commonly
      known by the name of dill, the Peucedanum graveolens of the
      botanist. This name dill is derived from a Norse word which
      means to soothe, the plant having the carminative property of
      allaying pain. The common dill, the Anethum graveolens, is an
      annual growing wild in the cornfields of Spain and Portugal and
      the south of Europe generally. There is also a species of dill
      cultivated in Eastern countries known by the name of shubit. It
      was this species of garden plant of which the Pharisees were in
      the habit of paying tithes. The Talmud requires that the seeds,
      leaves, and stem of dill shall pay tithes. It is an
      umbelliferous plant, very like the caraway, its leaves, which
      are aromatic, being used in soups and pickles. The proper anise
      is the Pimpinella anisum.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Annas
      was high priest A.D. 7-14. In A.D. 25 Caiaphas, who had married
      the daughter of Annas (John 18:13), was raised to that office,
      and probably Annas was now made president of the Sanhedrim, or
      deputy or coadjutor of the high priest, and thus was also called
      high priest along with Caiaphas (Luke 3:2). By the Mosaic law
      the high-priesthood was held for life (Num. 3:10); and although
      Annas had been deposed by the Roman procurator, the Jews may
      still have regarded him as legally the high priest. Our Lord was
      first brought before Annas, and after a brief questioning of him
      (John 18:19-23) was sent to Caiaphas, when some members of the
      Sanhedrim had met, and the first trial of Jesus took place
      (Matt. 26:57-68). This examination of our Lord before Annas is
      recorded only by John. Annas was president of the Sanhedrim
      before which Peter and John were brought (Acts 4:6).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Aeneas, praised; praiseworthy
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ahimaaz, a brother of the council
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amasa, sparing the people
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amasai, strong
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amashai, the people's gift
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amaziah, the strength of the Lord
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amok, a valley; a depth
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amos, loading; weighty
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amoz, strong; robust
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Amzi, strong, mighty
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Anak, a collar; ornament
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Annas, one who answers; humble
  
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