n. a family comprising the alligator lizards.
Syn. -- family Anguidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. angius snake + -form. ] Snake-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a British colony, comprising an island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico, with a total area of 91 sq km. Its population in 1996 was estimated at 10, 424. The official language is English. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. 1 the type genus of the Anguillidae: eels.
Syn. -- genus Anguilla. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Anguilla; as, Anguillan sea food specialties. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anguillans or Anguilla; as, The Anguillan population of the islands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
Syn. -- family Anguillidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form. ] Eel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an order of elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Syn. -- order Anguilliformes, order Apodes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. “The anguine or snakelike reptiles.” Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anguineous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anguineus. ] Snakelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger. ] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. [ 1913 Webster ]

But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rarely used in the plural: --

Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare. ] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [ R. ] Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ p. p. from anguish. ] suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
Syn. -- suffering, tormented [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Central African Republic. Population (2000) = 706, 000. [ PJC ]

a. 1. related by blood; descended from a common ancestor; -- used as a term of relation between two people.
Syn. -- akin(predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguineous, kin(predicate). [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Law) having the same father but different mothers; -- contrasted with uterine{ 2 } and german. [ PJC ]

a. Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of kin blood; related. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine. ] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.
Syn. -- consanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consanguinitas: cf. F. consanguintité. ] The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. “The ensanguined field.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bloodless. [ Obs. ] See Exsanguious. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bloodless. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous. ] 1. Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. “ Languid, powerless limbs. ” Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Slow in progress; tardy. “ No motion so swift or languid.” Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day. [ 1913 Webster ]

Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid airs. W. Black.

Syn. -- Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless.

-- Lan"guid*ly, adv. -- Lan"guid*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Languished p. pr. & vb. n. Languishing. ] [ OE. languishen, languissen, F. languir, L. languere; cf. Gr. &unr_; to slacken, &unr_; slack, Icel. lakra to lag behind; prob. akin to E. lag, lax, and perh. to E. slack. See -ish. ] 1. To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to linger in a weak or deteriorating condition; to wither or fade. [ 1913 Webster ]

We . . . do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy. Tennyson.

3. To be neglected and unattended to; as, the proposal languished on the director's desk for months. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- To pine; wither; fade; droop; faint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To cause to droop or pine. [ Obs. ] Shak. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Languishment. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What, of death, too,
That rids our dogs of languish? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who languishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Amorously pensive; indicating melancholy; as, languishing eyes, or look. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Suffering neglect; neglected. [ PJC ]

4. Continuing in a weak or deteriorating state; lingering. [ PJC ]

adv. In a languishing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of languishing. “Lingering languishment.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Languishment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis blood + -ferous. ] (Physiol.) Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sanguification. See Sanguify. ] (Physiol.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A producer of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis blood + fluere to flow. ] Flowing or running with blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. sanguis blood + -fy: cf. F. sanguifier. ] To produce blood from. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguis + -genous. ] Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Of a blood-red color; sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sanguinary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sanguinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. ] 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a. ] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous. ] 1. Having the color of blood; red. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful; optimistic. [ 1913 Webster ]