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anachronist (noun) : A person who is in the wrong time period.

If Socrates was to show up in the year 2006, he'd definitely be an anachronist.

Submitted by: Michael Torres from Texas on Oct. 19, 2006 01:31

anachronostalgia (noun) : a feeling of longing not for the way things were, but for an idealized version of the past

Jim's feeling anachronostalgic for the days when the government was run by philosophers and all farmers were poets.

Submitted by: Anonymous on May. 27, 2008 10:35

anagama (noun) : a huge wood-burning kiln

Submitted by: Anonymous on Sep. 16, 2005 16:36

Anatidaephobia (noun) : The irrational fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you.

He is affected by his anatidaephobia and therefore is unable to travel out of his house. —Gary Larson, The Far Side Gallery 4, October, 1993

Submitted by: Foo from Texas on Oct. 05, 2007 22:42

andor (other) : conjuction meaning either "and" or "or". Used instead of "and / or". Used for choices not mutually exclusive.

During our trip to the beach we will fish andor swim.

Submitted by: George Burns from Florida on May. 09, 2007 08:58

andragogy

(noun) : the practice of teaching adults with emphasis on participation of students in the planning and evaluation

Martin University in Indianapolis uses the instructional style of andragogy.

Submitted by: Anonymous on Oct. 03, 2008 11:13

androgogy (noun) : The theory and practice of adult learning

Theoretical bases for learner- centered curriculum —david nunan, Cambridge applied linguistics, april 87

Submitted by: Anonymous on Nov. 15, 2007 16:08

androgymnophobia (noun) : fear of men in the nude

Submitted by: Mr. Patella Mogaler Rutabaga from Hawaii on Jul. 02, 2008 05:00

andronym (noun) : The masculine form of a gender-neutral noun.

'Chairperson' is a gender neutral noun, and 'chairman' is its andronym.

Submitted by: Nathan Bloomfield from Missouri on Jul. 25, 2006 20:11

angelfy (verb) : to look like an angel; make look like an angel

We will angelfy you by dressing you in white with a halo.

Submitted by: Meg from Georgia Us on Feb. 19, 2006 16:13

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